Pickens, WV Climate: Temperature by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Pickens's primary NOAA station, PICKENS 2 N.
The climate verdict for Pickens
Pickens, West Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. July is the warmest month at 69°F and January the coldest at 28°F.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 177 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Pickens: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00466989 · Pickens, WV 50°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Raton
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 5,967 HDD
- STN-1 USC00466989
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Raton Muni Crews, NM (+ 0 °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.
- Pickens (this station) 50°F
- Hot Trinidad Lake, CO 50°F
- Near Raton, NM 50°F
- Near Thoreau, NM 50°F
- Near Pomeroy, WA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Pickens
Pickens: 49/100 · grade D
Pickens publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Pickens, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 128 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 177 days/year | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.7°F · 17.8° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
Pickens · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Pickens sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Pickens are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 38th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 39th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 23.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 49°F (10°C) | N/A | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 58°F (15°C) | N/A | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 69°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | N/A | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | N/A | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | N/A | 24.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 77°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 128 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 24, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 128 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.
The widest day
September 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Pickens.
Where Pickens Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 19°F.
Pickens earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
177 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,967
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
405
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Pickens 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 (50°F here).
- Ashland, OH 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Baring, WA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton Harbor, MI 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Springs, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Pickens's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Pickens's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,967 annual heating degree days against 405 for cooling. Its 40.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Pickens's frost-free season lasts about 177 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Pickens's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.6°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Pickens's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Pickens's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Pickens, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Pickens's primary station: PICKENS 2 N (USC00466989). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 5463484), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Pickens: 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 Pickens 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.