Lake Lynn, 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 Lake Lynn's primary NOAA station, LAKE LYNN.
The climate verdict for Lake Lynn
Water is the standout signal in Lake Lynn, West Virginia: 45.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.2"
- annual precipitation · 14" snow
- 182 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Lake Lynn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00465002 · Lake Lynn, WV 52°F mean · 45.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Providence T F…
- PRCP-MID 45.2"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,487 HDD
- STN-1 USC00465002
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Providence T F Green, RI (+ 0 °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.
- Lake Lynn (this station) 52°F
- Cold Hopewell Morgan…, PA 52°F
- Hot Lancaster Fairf…, OH 52°F
- Near Providence T F…, RI 52°F
- Near Milford, UT 52°F
Climate Living Index · Lake Lynn
Lake Lynn: 56/100 · grade C
Lake Lynn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake Lynn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 45.2 in · 10.2 from 35 in | 64/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 128 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 14.4 inches/year | 57/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 182 days/year | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.1°F · 15.4° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
Lake Lynn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake Lynn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.9°F and warmest-month mean 73.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.8°F
- Coldest month
- 29.9°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 Lake Lynn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake Lynn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 69th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 53rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake Lynn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake Lynn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 38°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.2" | 5.2" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.7" | 5.6" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 3.6" | 1.7" | 17.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 4.2 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| August | 83°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 0.2" | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.3" | 0.1" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.4" | 1.6" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 128 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 26, then returns to freezing around November 20, covering 128 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 6, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 31 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 144 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lake Lynn.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.2"
14.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.6"
12.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
12.4 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
14.0 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
13.4 days with precipitation
Lake Lynn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lake Lynn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 4.7" and February 2.7". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Lake Lynn's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 145 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 45.2" between them, or roughly 0.31 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 Lake Lynn
Lake Lynn averages 14.4 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 9 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: 14.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 9 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 3% 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
182 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,487
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
831
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Lake Lynn 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 (52°F here).
- Canon City, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Donora, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyer, NV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Everett, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lewiston, ME 45.2" · 0.0" off
- Landisville, PA 45.2" · 0.0" off
- Rosebud, MO 45.2" · 0.0" off
- Warsaw, NY 45.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Lake Lynn
heating led · wet · mid swing
Lake Lynn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,487 annual heating degree days against 831 for cooling. Its 43.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Lake Lynn's frost-free season lasts about 182 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. Lake Lynn coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Lake Lynn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Lake Lynn snow peak
February
Lake Lynn averages 14.4 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Lake Lynn's primary station: LAKE LYNN (USC00465002). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Lake Lynn; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Lake Lynn 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.