R.D. Bailey Lake, West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
R.D. Bailey Lake's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 48.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.3°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,226 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationR.D. Bailey Lake
- Station IDUSC00467372
- Location37.60°N 81.82°W
- Elevation1,277 ft (389 m)
On October 23, the normal high in R.D. Bailey Lake is 64°F and the normal low 40°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for R.D. Bailey Lake.
- Jan 43° 24°
- Feb 47° 25°
- Mar 56° 32°
- Apr 68° 42°
- May 75° 51°
- Jun 81° 60°
- Jul 84° 64°
- Aug 83° 63°
- Sep 78° 56°
- Oct 67° 44°
- Nov 56° 32°
- Dec 46° 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 at R.D. Bailey Lake each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.31 in), the least in November (2.97 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 24°F | 33.3°F | 3.84 | – | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 25°F | 36.4°F | 3.36 | – | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 56°F | 32°F | 43.7°F | 4.29 | – | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 42°F | 54.6°F | 4.38 | – | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 51°F | 62.9°F | 4.91 | – | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 81°F | 60°F | 70.5°F | 4.85 | – | 2 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 84°F | 64°F | 73.8°F | 5.31 | – | 5 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 83°F | 63°F | 72.8°F | 4.17 | – | 3 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 78°F | 56°F | 66.7°F | 3.03 | – | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 44°F | 55.3°F | 3.05 | – | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 32°F | 44.2°F | 2.97 | – | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 28°F | 36.7°F | 4.11 | – | <1 | 24 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 43°F | 54.2°F | 48.27 | – | 13 | 117 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −5°C | 0.7°C | 98 mm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 2.4°C | 85 mm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.5°C | 109 mm |
| April | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 111 mm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 125 mm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 123 mm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.2°C | 135 mm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 106 mm |
| September | 25°C | 13°C | 19.3°C | 77 mm |
| October | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 77 mm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 75 mm |
| December | 8°C | −2°C | 2.6°C | 104 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Oceana (12 miles away), gets 21 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467372; 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.
Which months are mildest at R.D. Bailey Lake?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October.
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 USC00467372.
When is the last frost at R.D. Bailey Lake?
In R.D. Bailey Lake, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after May 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 13 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 151 year in 10 after May 4; 9 in 10 after April 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 194 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 1 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts R.D. Bailey Lake in zone 7a in ZIP code 24851, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00467372; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at R.D. Bailey Lake?
In a normal year in R.D. Bailey Lake, 13 days a year reach 90°F and 117 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 117a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 16high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00467372.
How sunny is it at R.D. Bailey Lake?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at R.D. Bailey Lake, 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 many heating and cooling degree days does R.D. Bailey Lake record?
A normal year at R.D. Bailey Lake brings 4,787 heating degree days, 11% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 890 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 3,492 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 983 | 0 |
| February | 802 | 0 |
| March | 660 | 1 |
| April | 323 | 11 |
| May | 127 | 61 |
| June | 16 | 179 |
| July | 4 | 276 |
| August | 3 | 243 |
| September | 54 | 107 |
| October | 315 | 12 |
| November | 624 | 0 |
| December | 879 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,787 | 890 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467372. 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.
Have recent years at R.D. Bailey Lake been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 55.6°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.2°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 54.5°F | +0.3°F | 54.31 |
| 2023 | 55.6°F | +1.4°F | 39.02 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00467372. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does R.D. Bailey Lake's climate compare?
R.D. Bailey Lake is warmer than 48 of the 63 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.2°F is warmer than 58%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, R.D. Bailey Lake 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 R.D. Bailey Lake share this climate record?
9 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.
- Mallory, WV1,453 people · 9 mi N
- Gilbert Creek, WV1,119 people · 4 mi SW
- Bruno, WV619 people · 7 mi NW
- Greenville, WV574 people · 9 mi N
- Gilbert, WV303 people · 3 mi NW
- Iaeger, WV243 people · 9 mi S
- Justice, WV235 people · 1 mi NW
- Roderfield, WV126 people · 12 mi SE
- Big Sandy, WV14 people · 11 mi SE
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 R.D. Bailey Lake's climate
What is the coldest month at R.D. Bailey Lake?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow at R.D. Bailey Lake?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Oceana (12 miles away), records 21 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at R.D. Bailey Lake?
July, with 5.31 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.97 in.
What plant hardiness zone is R.D. Bailey Lake in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts R.D. Bailey Lake in zone 7a in ZIP code 24851, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at R.D. Bailey Lake?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after May 4. Waiting until May 4 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, WV12 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Pineville, WV16 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Logan, WV21 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Williamson, WV25 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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