Huntington Sewage Plant, West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Huntington Sewage Plant's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 45.3 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.5°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,150 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHuntington Sewage Plant
- Station IDUSC00464397
- Location38.40°N 82.53°W
- Elevation520 ft (159 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Huntington Sewage Plant is 67°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Huntington Sewage Plant.
- Jan 44° 25°
- Feb 48° 28°
- Mar 56° 34°
- Apr 69° 43°
- May 77° 53°
- Jun 84° 62°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 87° 65°
- Sep 81° 57°
- Oct 70° 45°
- Nov 57° 35°
- Dec 47° 30°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Huntington Sewage Plant each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.83 in), the least in November (2.82 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 25°F | 34.2°F | 3.43 | 4.3 | 12 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 28°F | 37.5°F | 3.31 | 2.5 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 34°F | 45.0°F | 4.23 | 2.1 | 13 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 43°F | 56.1°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 65.0°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 84°F | 62°F | 73.2°F | 4.00 | 0.0 | 11 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.8°F | 4.83 | 0.0 | 12 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 65°F | 75.7°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 57°F | 69.1°F | 3.40 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 45°F | 57.6°F | 2.95 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 35°F | 46.3°F | 2.82 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 30°F | 38.5°F | 3.76 | 1.3 | 11 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 56.3°F | 45.27 | 10.2 | 131 | 32 | 98 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −4°C | 1.2°C | 87 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 9°C | −2°C | 3.1°C | 84 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 14°C | 1°C | 7.2°C | 107 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 7°C | 14.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 8°C | −1°C | 3.6°C | 96 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00464397; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Huntington Sewage Plant?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00464397.
When is the last frost at Huntington Sewage Plant?
In Huntington Sewage Plant, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 16 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 121 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 16; 9 in 10 before November 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 200 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huntington Sewage Plant in zone 7a in ZIP code 25507, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (15 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00464397; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Huntington Sewage Plant?
In a normal year in Huntington Sewage Plant, 32 days a year reach 90°F, 98 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 131 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 32a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 98a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 131a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00464397.
How sunny is it at Huntington Sewage Plant?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Huntington Sewage Plant, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (59%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 1.9 |
| February | 60% | 2.6 |
| March | 65% | 3.7 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 78% | 6.2 |
| July | 77% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.5 |
| October | 72% | 3.3 |
| November | 70% | 2.3 |
| December | 59% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Huntington Sewage Plant record?
A normal year at Huntington Sewage Plant brings 4,419 heating degree days, 18% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,260 cooling degree days, 39% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,023 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 955 | 0 |
| February | 769 | 0 |
| March | 622 | 2 |
| April | 290 | 21 |
| May | 100 | 100 |
| June | 10 | 256 |
| July | 0 | 366 |
| August | 1 | 331 |
| September | 37 | 158 |
| October | 254 | 25 |
| November | 560 | 1 |
| December | 822 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,419 | 1,260 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00464397. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Huntington Sewage Plant's climate compare?
Huntington Sewage Plant is warmer than 59 of the 63 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 22. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.3°F is warmer than 65%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Huntington Sewage Plant is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Huntington Sewage Plant share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Burlington, OH2,517 people · 1 mi N
- Chesapeake, OH726 people · 4 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Huntington Sewage Plant's climate
What is the coldest month at Huntington Sewage Plant?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Huntington Sewage Plant?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Huntington Sewage Plant?
July, with 4.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.82 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Huntington Sewage Plant in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Huntington Sewage Plant in zone 7a in ZIP code 25507, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Huntington Sewage Plant?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- West Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Huntington, WV3 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- South Point, OH4 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Ashland, KY6 miles from this station, 53.8°F a year
- Pea Ridge, WV12 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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