Marlinton, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Marlinton's primary NOAA station, MARLINTON.
The climate verdict for Marlinton
Marlinton, West Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.9"
- annual precipitation · 43" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free growing season
Marlinton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00465672 · Marlinton, WV 47°F mean · 44.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,921
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alton
- PRCP-MID 44.9"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,701 HDD
- STN-1 USC00465672
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alton, UT (+ 0.1 °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.
- Marlinton (this station) 47°F
- Cold Sines Deep Creek, MD 47°F
- Hot Dulce, NM 47°F
- Near Alton, UT 47°F
- Near Klamath Falls, OR 47°F
Climate Living Index · Marlinton
Marlinton: 35/100 · grade F
Marlinton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Marlinton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 44.9 in · 9.9 from 35 in | 65/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.2°F · 20.3° from 67.5°F | 28/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 42.5 inches/year | 25/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
Marlinton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Marlinton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 26.3°F and warmest-month mean 67.0°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 67.0°F
- Coldest month
- 26.3°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 Marlinton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Marlinton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 72%
- Among 6,861 stations, Marlinton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 39th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Marlinton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Marlinton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 3.6" | 12.2" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 3.2" | 11.3" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 4.1" | 7.2" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.0" | 0.8" | 15.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 4.6 | 0.1 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.9" | 0.1" | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.0" | 1.1" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.8" | 9.8" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 172 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 16°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 24, covering 172 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 May 18, when 43% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 1 at 27%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 131 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Marlinton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 12.2"
12.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.3"
10.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
12.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
11.3 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
11.9 days with precipitation
Marlinton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Marlinton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 4.8" and October 2.9". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Marlinton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 131 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 44.9" between them, or roughly 0.34 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 Marlinton
Marlinton averages 42.5 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 18 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: 42.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 18 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 9% 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 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,701
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
248
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Marlinton 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 (47°F here).
- Amboy, MN 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Burton, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Concord, NH 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Atkinson, WI 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Vienna, MO 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Versailles, MO 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Island Pond, VT 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Parsons, KS 44.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Marlinton
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Marlinton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,701 annual heating degree days against 248 for cooling. Its 40.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Marlinton coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Marlinton typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Marlinton snow peak
January
Marlinton averages 42.5 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Marlinton's primary station: MARLINTON (USC00465672). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5451676). Match rule for Marlinton: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Marlinton 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.