Lewisburg, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lewisburg's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 41.5 inches of precipitation and 30 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.4°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,053 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLewisburg (3 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00465224
- Location37.86°N 80.40°W
- Elevation2,300 ft (701 m)
- Population3,765
On October 23, the normal high in Lewisburg is 62°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lewisburg.
- Jan 39° 20°
- Feb 43° 22°
- Mar 52° 28°
- Apr 64° 38°
- May 72° 48°
- Jun 79° 56°
- Jul 82° 60°
- Aug 81° 58°
- Sep 76° 51°
- Oct 65° 39°
- Nov 53° 29°
- Dec 42° 24°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Lewisburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.48 in), the least in November (2.51 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 20°F | 29.3°F | 3.15 | 8.4 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 43°F | 22°F | 32.3°F | 2.87 | 8.7 | 12 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 52°F | 28°F | 39.9°F | 3.71 | 5.4 | 13 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 38°F | 50.7°F | 3.85 | 0.6 | 13 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 59.8°F | 4.48 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 79°F | 56°F | 67.3°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 82°F | 60°F | 71.0°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 81°F | 58°F | 69.6°F | 3.43 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 76°F | 51°F | 63.3°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 39°F | 51.9°F | 2.59 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 53°F | 29°F | 40.7°F | 2.51 | 0.7 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 42°F | 24°F | 32.9°F | 3.48 | 5.4 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 39°F | 50.7°F | 41.46 | 29.5 | 146 | 4 | 139 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −7°C | −1.5°C | 80 mm | 21 cm |
| February | 6°C | −6°C | 0.2°C | 73 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 11°C | −2°C | 4.4°C | 94 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 18°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 98 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 11.1°C | 66 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 12°C | −2°C | 4.8°C | 64 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −5°C | 0.5°C | 88 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00465224; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Lewisburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. 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 USC00465224.
When is the last frost in Lewisburg?
In Lewisburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 9 in half of years and before September 25 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
- May 31 year in 10 after May 21; 9 in 10 after April 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 91 year in 10 before September 25; 9 in 10 before October 24
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 158 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 181 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lewisburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 24901, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lewisburg's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (25 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 USC00465224; 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 in Lewisburg?
In a normal year in Lewisburg, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 139 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 146 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 139a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 24high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 146a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 10a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 99°F, on June 29, 1934; the lowest is −37°F, on December 30, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 55.73 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 92.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00465224; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00465224. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lewisburg?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lewisburg, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and January the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 2.2 |
| February | 65% | 2.9 |
| March | 67% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.1 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 75% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 74% | 4.4 |
| October | 72% | 3.4 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 65% | 1.9 |
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 much heating and cooling does Lewisburg need?
A normal year in Lewisburg brings 5,737 heating degree days, 7% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 563 cooling degree days, 38% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,824 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,107 | 0 |
| February | 916 | 0 |
| March | 780 | 0 |
| April | 434 | 4 |
| May | 195 | 32 |
| June | 43 | 112 |
| July | 9 | 195 |
| August | 15 | 158 |
| September | 108 | 57 |
| October | 411 | 6 |
| November | 728 | 0 |
| December | 994 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,737 | 563 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00465224. 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.
Has Lewisburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.1°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.7°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.2°F | +1.5°F | 38.56 | 16.5 |
| 2022 | 50.8°F | +0.1°F | 49.44 | 25.4 |
| 2023 | 52.3°F | +1.6°F | 37.82 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 53.5°F | +2.8°F | 37.91 | 9.8 |
| 2025 | 52.1°F | +1.4°F | 45.49 | 31.6 |
Over 54 complete years from 1952 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00465224; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lewisburg's climate compare?
Lewisburg is warmer than 8 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 13. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.7°F is warmer than 44%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lewisburg is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 Lewisburg share this climate record?
3 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.
- Ronceverte, WV1,510 people · 8 mi SW
- Fairlea, WV1,266 people · 6 mi SW
- Falling Spring, WV166 people · 10 mi N
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 Lewisburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Lewisburg?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Lewisburg?
Yes: 30 inches in a normal year, falling on 13 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (8.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lewisburg?
May, with 4.48 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.51 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lewisburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lewisburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 24901, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lewisburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Lewisburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; in one year in ten it comes after May 21. Waiting until May 21 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
- White Sulphur Springs, WV7 miles from this station, 51.5°F a year
- Alderson, WV17 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Rupert, WV19 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Union, WV23 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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