Pineville, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pineville's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 48.5 inches of precipitation and 20 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,233 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPineville
- Station IDUSC00467029
- Location37.57°N 81.54°W
- Elevation1,320 ft (402 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population654
On October 23, the normal high in Pineville is 64°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pineville.
- Jan 41° 25°
- Feb 46° 27°
- Mar 55° 32°
- Apr 67° 41°
- May 74° 51°
- Jun 81° 60°
- Jul 83° 65°
- Aug 82° 64°
- Sep 77° 57°
- Oct 66° 44°
- Nov 55° 33°
- Dec 44° 28°
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 Pineville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.47 in), the least in November (2.82 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 25°F | 32.9°F | 3.85 | 9.8 | 15 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 46°F | 27°F | 36.2°F | 3.52 | 4.5 | 13 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 55°F | 32°F | 43.4°F | 4.33 | 2.7 | 15 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 41°F | 54.0°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 62.8°F | 5.05 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 81°F | 60°F | 70.4°F | 4.75 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 83°F | 65°F | 73.9°F | 5.47 | 0.0 | 14 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 82°F | 64°F | 73.0°F | 4.23 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 77°F | 57°F | 66.7°F | 3.39 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 44°F | 55.2°F | 2.90 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 33°F | 43.8°F | 2.82 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 28°F | 36.2°F | 4.03 | 2.6 | 14 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 44°F | 54.0°F | 48.54 | 20.0 | 151 | 10 | 112 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −4°C | 0.5°C | 98 mm | 25 cm |
| February | 8°C | −3°C | 2.3°C | 89 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 110 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 20°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 23°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.3°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 18°C | 22.8°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 14°C | 19.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 1°C | 6.6°C | 72 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 7°C | −2°C | 2.3°C | 102 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467029; 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 Pineville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, 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.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467029.
When is the last frost in Pineville?
In Pineville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 16 in half of years and after May 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 14 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 161 year in 10 after May 3; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 193 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pineville in zone 7a in ZIP code 24874, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pineville's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (18 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 USC00467029; 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 Pineville?
In a normal year in Pineville, 10 days a year reach 90°F, 112 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 151 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 112a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 16high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 151a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1908) is 102°F, on September 3, 1953; the lowest is −17°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 66.33 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 59.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00467029; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00467029. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pineville?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pineville, 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 Pineville need?
A normal year in Pineville brings 4,857 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 892 cooling degree days, 2% 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 3,463 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 995 | 0 |
| February | 808 | 0 |
| March | 670 | 0 |
| April | 338 | 9 |
| May | 132 | 62 |
| June | 16 | 178 |
| July | 1 | 278 |
| August | 2 | 251 |
| September | 53 | 104 |
| October | 315 | 10 |
| November | 636 | 0 |
| December | 893 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,857 | 892 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467029. 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.
How does Pineville's climate compare?
Pineville is warmer than 45 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.0°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pineville 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 Pineville share this climate record?
3 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.
- Welch, WV3,413 people · 11 mi S
- Davy, WV185 people · 9 mi SW
- New Richmond, WV27 people · 3 mi E
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 Pineville's climate
What is the coldest month in Pineville?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Pineville?
Yes: 20 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (9.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Pineville?
July, with 5.47 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.82 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pineville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pineville in zone 7a in ZIP code 24874, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Pineville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Pineville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 3. Waiting until May 3 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
- Oceana, WV9 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Mullens, WV11 miles from this station, 53.6°F a year
- Elkhorn, WV15 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- R.D. Bailey Lake, WV16 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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