Moundsville, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Moundsville's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 46.1 inches of precipitation and 16 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.3°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,172 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMoundsville
- Station IDUSC00466248
- Location39.91°N 80.75°W
- Elevation620 ft (189 m)
- Population7,703
On October 23, the normal high in Moundsville is 64°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 35%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Moundsville.
- Jan 39° 20°
- Feb 43° 21°
- Mar 52° 29°
- Apr 65° 38°
- May 75° 49°
- Jun 82° 58°
- Jul 86° 62°
- Aug 85° 61°
- Sep 79° 53°
- Oct 67° 42°
- Nov 54° 31°
- Dec 44° 25°
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 Moundsville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.89 in), the least in February (3.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 20°F | 29.5°F | 3.77 | 6.0 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 21°F | 32.0°F | 3.13 | 4.7 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 52°F | 29°F | 40.4°F | 3.87 | 2.4 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 38°F | 51.5°F | 3.68 | 0.1 | 14 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 49°F | 61.7°F | 4.47 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 58°F | 69.9°F | 4.89 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 86°F | 62°F | 73.8°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 61°F | 72.6°F | 3.82 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 53°F | 65.9°F | 3.88 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 42°F | 54.2°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 31°F | 42.8°F | 3.15 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 25°F | 34.3°F | 3.72 | 2.5 | 13 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 41°F | 52.4°F | 46.13 | 15.8 | 144 | 22 | 113 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −7°C | −1.4°C | 96 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 6°C | −6°C | 0.0°C | 80 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 11°C | −2°C | 4.7°C | 98 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 18°C | 3°C | 10.8°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 9°C | 16.5°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 14°C | 21.1°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 6.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 6°C | −4°C | 1.3°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00466248; 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 Moundsville?
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 (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 USC00466248.
When is the last frost in Moundsville?
In Moundsville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 26 in half of years and after May 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 8 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 261 year in 10 after May 12; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 177 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moundsville in zone 6b in ZIP code 26038, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Moundsville's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (28 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 USC00466248; 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 Moundsville?
In a normal year in Moundsville, 22 days a year reach 90°F, 113 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
- 113a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 144a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1963) is 105°F, on July 8, 2012; the lowest is −20°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 67.11 in; the snowiest season is 1993–94, with 43.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00466248; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00466248. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Moundsville?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Moundsville, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 55% | 1.7 |
| February | 59% | 2.5 |
| March | 63% | 3.5 |
| April | 68% | 4.7 |
| May | 70% | 5.4 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 78% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.5 |
| October | 69% | 3.1 |
| November | 67% | 2.1 |
| December | 55% | 1.4 |
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 Moundsville need?
A normal year in Moundsville brings 5,428 heating degree days, 1% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 861 cooling degree days, 5% 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 3,280 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,100 | 0 |
| February | 923 | 0 |
| March | 765 | 1 |
| April | 410 | 6 |
| May | 161 | 59 |
| June | 24 | 170 |
| July | 2 | 276 |
| August | 5 | 239 |
| September | 72 | 99 |
| October | 349 | 13 |
| November | 666 | 0 |
| December | 952 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,428 | 861 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00466248. 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 Moundsville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.0°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.4°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.9°F | +1.5°F | 47.22 | 19.0 |
| 2022 | 52.4°F | at normal | 53.70 | – |
| 2023 | 54.2°F | +1.8°F | 41.91 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 55.6°F | +3.2°F | 39.49 | 6.6 |
| 2025 | 53.0°F | +0.6°F | 36.43 | 24.2 |
Over 48 complete years from 1964 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.7°F per century (+0.32°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00466248; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Moundsville's climate compare?
Moundsville is warmer than 24 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 23. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.4°F is warmer than 51%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Moundsville is Dfa: continental, 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 Moundsville share this climate record?
14 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.
- Bellaire, OH3,745 people · 8 mi N
- Shadyside, OH3,351 people · 5 mi N
- Woodsfield, OH2,145 people · 22 mi SW
- McMechen, WV1,604 people · 6 mi N
- Glen Dale, WV1,413 people · 3 mi N
- Powhatan Point, OH1,413 people · 4 mi SW
- Benwood, WV1,204 people · 7 mi N
- Belmont, OH402 people · 17 mi NW
- Beallsville, OH343 people · 15 mi W
- Clarington, OH271 people · 10 mi SW
- Wind Ridge, PA232 people · 17 mi E
- Wilson, OH132 people · 17 mi W
- Jerusalem, OH121 people · 18 mi W
- Glencoe, OH114 people · 10 mi NW
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 Moundsville's climate
What is the coldest month in Moundsville?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Moundsville?
Yes: 16 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Moundsville?
June, with 4.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Moundsville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Moundsville in zone 6b in ZIP code 26038, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Moundsville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Moundsville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 26; in one year in ten it comes after May 12. Waiting until May 12 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
- Pike Island(lock & Dam), WV17 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Hannibal, OH17 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
- Wheeling, WV19 miles from this station, 52.2°F a year
- Barnesville, OH24 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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