RD Bailey Lake, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from RD Bailey Lake's primary NOAA station, RD BAILEY LAKE.
The climate verdict for RD Bailey Lake
Water is the standout signal in RD Bailey Lake, West Virginia: 48.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.3"
- precipitation, annual total
- 195 days
- growing season, frost-free days
RD Bailey Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00467372 · RD Bailey Lake, WV 54°F mean · 48.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tazewell
- PRCP-MID 48.3"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,787 HDD
- STN-1 USC00467372
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Tazewell, TN (+ 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.
- RD Bailey Lake (this station) 54°F
- Hot Mosquero, NM 54°F
- Near Tazewell, TN 54°F
- Near Sperryville, VA 54°F
- Near Painted Desert…, AZ 54°F
Climate Living Index · RD Bailey Lake
RD Bailey Lake: 58/100 · grade C
RD Bailey Lake publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for RD Bailey Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 124 calendar days | 62/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 195 days/year | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.2°F · 13.3° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 48.3 in · 13.3 from 35 in | 53/100 · D |
RD Bailey Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
RD Bailey Lake is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.3°F and warmest-month mean 73.8°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 73.8°F
- Coldest month
- 33.3°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 RD Bailey Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for RD Bailey Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 23% wettest
- RD Bailey Lake's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 38th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How RD Bailey Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
RD Bailey Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.8" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.4" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.3" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.4" | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.9" | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.0" | 3.2 | 0.2 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.0" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.1" | 23.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 124 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 18, then returns to freezing around November 16, covering 124 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
April 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for RD Bailey Lake.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
RD Bailey Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. RD Bailey Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.3" and November 3.0". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
195 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,787
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
890
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to RD Bailey Lake 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 (54°F here).
- Atchison, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Boston, VA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Glennville, CA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Kim, CO 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- High Point, NC 48.3" · 0.0" off
- Albemarle, NC 48.3" · 0.0" off
- Worcester, MA 48.3" · 0.0" off
- Louisburg, NC 48.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How RD Bailey Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
RD Bailey Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,787 annual heating degree days against 890 for cooling. Its 40.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
RD Bailey Lake's frost-free season lasts about 195 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 RD Bailey Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.5°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, RD Bailey Lake carries 48.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RD Bailey Lake'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 RD Bailey Lake, 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 RD Bailey Lake's primary station: RD BAILEY LAKE (USC00467372). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for RD Bailey Lake; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for RD Bailey Lake 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.