Davis, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Davis's primary NOAA station, DAVIS 3SE.
The climate verdict for Davis
Water is the standout signal in Davis, West Virginia: 63.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 63.2"
- annual precipitation · 170" snow
- 154 days
- frost-free growing season
Davis: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00462211 · Davis, WV 46°F mean · 63.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,509
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plain
- PRCP-WET 63.2"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,194 HDD
- STN-1 USC00462211
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Plain, WA (+ 0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WV station list.
- Davis (this station) 46°F
- Cold O O Rch, OR 46°F
- Hot Plain, WA 46°F
- Near Wickiup Dam, OR 46°F
- Near Sisters, OR 46°F
Climate Living Index · Davis
Davis: 22/100 · grade F
Davis publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Davis, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 159 calendar days | 40/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 154 days/year | 28/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.7°F · 21.8° from 67.5°F | 22/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 63.2 in · 28.2 from 35 in | 5/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 170.2 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Davis · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Davis is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.9°F and warmest-month mean 66.0°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 66.0°F
- Coldest month
- 23.9°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Davis sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Davis's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 78%
- Among 6,861 stations, Davis sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 4% wettest
- Davis's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 45th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Davis compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Davis's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 6.2" | 45.0" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 5.3" | 43.1" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 5.9" | 26.0" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 5.3" | 10.6" | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 5.7" | 0.5" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| July | 75°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 74°F (23°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.1" | 5.5" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.1" | 11.2" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 5.5" | 28.3" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 76°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 159 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 10, then returns to freezing around November 4, covering 159 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 24, when 72% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 13 at 37%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 198 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Davis.
Where Davis Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 63 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Davis earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 45.0"
22.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 43.1"
19.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 26.0"
18.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.6"
16.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
17.4 days with precipitation
15.3 days with precipitation
15.2 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
14.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.2"
14.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 28.3"
19.5 days with precipitation
Davis spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Davis has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 6.3" and September 4.1". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Davis's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 198 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 63.2" between them, or roughly 0.32 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Davis
Davis averages 170.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 65 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 170.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 65 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 27% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
154 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,194
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
188
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Davis on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (46°F here).
- Alpine, AZ 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Bison, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Brunswick, ME 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Canton, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (63.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Coalmont, TN 63.2" · 0.0" off
- Wewahitchka, FL 63.1" · 0.1" off
- Cascadia, OR 63.1" · 0.1" off
- Lumberton, TX 63.2" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Davis
heating led · wet · mid swing
Davis's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,194 annual heating degree days against 188 for cooling. Its 42.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Davis's frost-free season lasts about 154 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Davis coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Davis typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Davis snow peak
January
Davis averages 170.2 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Davis's primary station: DAVIS 3SE (USC00462211). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5420428). Match rule for Davis: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Davis comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.