London Locks, West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station

What is the weather like at London Locks each month?

July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.83 in), the least in October (2.91 in).

NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Charleston (18 miles away), gets 32 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.

Which months are mildest at London Locks?

Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, 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.

When is the last frost at London Locks?

In London Locks, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 24 in one year in ten.

Last spring frost, half of years after

April 71 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 26

First autumn frost, half of years before

November 41 year in 10 before October 24; 9 in 10 before November 16

NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.

A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 27 in half of springs and before November 14 in half of autumns.

The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts London Locks in zone 7a in ZIP code 25126, 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 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (24 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

How hot and how cold does it get at London Locks?

In a normal year in London Locks, 22 days a year reach 90°F, 90 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 144 days bring measurable precipitation.

Days at 90°F or more

22a normal year

Days at 100°F or more

fewer than 1a normal year

Nights at 32°F or colder

90a normal year

Days that stay below freezing

11high of 32°F or less

Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation

144a normal year

The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1936) is 103°F, on August 22, 1936; the lowest is −14°F, on January 12, 1962.

The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 64.00 in; the snowiest season is 1970–71, with 39.4 inches.

How sunny is it at London Locks?

Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at London Locks, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (78%) and January the cloudiest (57%).

How many heating and cooling degree days does London Locks record?

A normal year at London Locks brings 4,471 heating degree days, 17% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,084 cooling degree days, 19% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,794 growing degree days a year above 50°F.

Have recent years at London Locks been warmer than normal?

2025 averaged 56.1°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.6°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.

Over 54 complete years from 1937 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.0°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.

Which places near London Locks share this climate record?

20 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.

• Chesapeake, WV1,281 people · 9 mi W
• Montgomery, WV1,198 people · 3 mi SE
• Belle, WV1,097 people · 10 mi W
• East Bank, WV781 people · 4 mi W
• Smithers, WV703 people · 4 mi SE
• Glasgow, WV687 people · 3 mi NW
• Cedar Grove, WV685 people · 4 mi NW
• Mount Carbon, WV519 people · 6 mi SE
• Powellton, WV518 people · 7 mi S
• Boomer, WV488 people · 6 mi SE
• Pratt, WV461 people · 1 mi NW
• Whitesville, WV342 people · 17 mi SW
• Shrewsbury, WV329 people · 5 mi W
• Eskdale, WV283 people · 8 mi SW
• Kimberly, WV260 people · 5 mi SE
• Chelyan, WV252 people · 7 mi W
• Handley, WV212 people · 0 mi SW
• Sylvester, WV151 people · 16 mi SW
• Hollygrove, WV104 people · 1 mi W
• Hansford, WV86 people · 2 mi NW

Nearby and next

• West Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
• Anstead Hawks Nest State Park, WV14 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
• Charleston, WV17 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
• Oak Hill, WV19 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
• Clendenin, WV21 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
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