Logan, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Logan's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 49.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.2°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,251 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLogan
- Station IDUSC00465353
- Location37.87°N 81.98°W
- Elevation672 ft (205 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population1,319
On October 23, the normal high in Logan is 67°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 36%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Logan.
- Jan 45° 27°
- Feb 49° 29°
- Mar 59° 35°
- Apr 71° 44°
- May 79° 54°
- Jun 86° 63°
- Jul 89° 67°
- Aug 88° 66°
- Sep 82° 59°
- Oct 70° 47°
- Nov 58° 36°
- Dec 48° 31°
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 Logan each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.88 in), the least in November (2.94 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 27°F | 35.6°F | 3.45 | 15 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 49°F | 29°F | 39.2°F | 3.45 | 13 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 35°F | 46.8°F | 4.33 | 14 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 44°F | 57.5°F | 4.36 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 54°F | 66.3°F | 5.33 | 15 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 63°F | 74.2°F | 4.89 | 14 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 89°F | 67°F | 77.8°F | 5.88 | 14 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 88°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 3.94 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 59°F | 70.4°F | 3.34 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 47°F | 58.5°F | 3.17 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 36°F | 47.2°F | 2.94 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 31°F | 39.3°F | 4.16 | 15 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 46°F | 57.5°F | 49.24 | 154 | 46 | 83 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −3°C | 2.0°C | 88 mm |
| February | 10°C | −2°C | 4.0°C | 88 mm |
| March | 15°C | 2°C | 8.2°C | 110 mm |
| April | 22°C | 7°C | 14.2°C | 111 mm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 135 mm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 124 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 149 mm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 100 mm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 85 mm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 81 mm |
| November | 15°C | 2°C | 8.4°C | 75 mm |
| December | 9°C | −1°C | 4.1°C | 106 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Madison (18 miles away), gets 17 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00465353; 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 Logan?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00465353.
When is the last frost in Logan?
In Logan, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 20 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 81 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 208 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 230 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Logan in zone 7a in ZIP code 25601, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Logan's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (27 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00465353; 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 Logan?
In a normal year in Logan, 46 days a year reach 90°F, 83 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 154 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 46a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 83a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 154a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 105°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −15°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2012, with 60.29 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 44.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00465353; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00465353. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Logan?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Logan, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and February the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 2.0 |
| February | 60% | 2.7 |
| March | 65% | 3.8 |
| April | 70% | 5.0 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 74% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.5 |
| October | 71% | 3.4 |
| November | 71% | 2.5 |
| December | 61% | 1.8 |
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 Logan need?
A normal year in Logan brings 4,139 heating degree days, 23% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,421 cooling degree days, 57% 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 4,301 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 913 | 0 |
| February | 724 | 0 |
| March | 567 | 4 |
| April | 256 | 31 |
| May | 82 | 124 |
| June | 6 | 282 |
| July | 0 | 395 |
| August | 0 | 361 |
| September | 26 | 190 |
| October | 235 | 32 |
| November | 535 | 1 |
| December | 795 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,139 | 1,421 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00465353. 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 Logan been warmer than normal lately?
Over 56 complete years from 1939 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.2°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Logan's climate compare?
Logan is warmer than 61 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 40. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.5°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Logan 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 Logan share this climate record?
26 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.
- Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV1,440 people · 2 mi SW
- Chapmanville, WV946 people · 7 mi N
- McConnell, WV837 people · 3 mi SE
- Accoville, WV743 people · 11 mi SE
- Man, WV717 people · 10 mi SE
- Crooked Creek, WV675 people · 1 mi NE
- Harts, WV578 people · 15 mi NW
- Monaville, WV578 people · 4 mi S
- Holden, WV561 people · 6 mi SW
- Stollings, WV398 people · 2 mi SE
- Earling, WV397 people · 8 mi SE
- Verdunville, WV380 people · 4 mi W
- Kistler, WV378 people · 10 mi SE
- Henlawson, WV376 people · 2 mi N
- West Logan, WV370 people · 0 mi W
- Sarah Ann, WV297 people · 11 mi S
- Mitchell Heights, WV292 people · 3 mi N
- Chauncey, WV251 people · 7 mi S
- Big Creek, WV249 people · 10 mi N
- Neibert, WV215 people · 6 mi SE
- Rossmore, WV186 people · 4 mi S
- Switzer, WV179 people · 6 mi S
- Justice Addition, WV147 people · 2 mi N
- Omar, WV135 people · 8 mi S
- Amherstdale, WV5 people · 10 mi SE
- Peach Creek, WV0 people · 1 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 Logan's climate
What is the coldest month in Logan?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Logan?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Logan's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Madison (18 miles away), records 17 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Logan?
July, with 5.88 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.94 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Logan in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Logan in zone 7a in ZIP code 25601, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Logan's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Logan?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 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
- Madison, WV18 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- R.D. Bailey Lake, WV21 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Williamson, WV21 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Dunlow (1 mi SW), WV24 miles from this station, 55.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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