Romney, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Romney's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 38.2 inches of precipitation and 29 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 971 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRomney (1 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00467730
- Location39.34°N 78.77°W
- Elevation720 ft (220 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,755
On October 23, the normal high in Romney is 64°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Romney.
- Jan 40° 21°
- Feb 44° 23°
- Mar 53° 29°
- Apr 66° 38°
- May 75° 49°
- Jun 82° 57°
- Jul 86° 61°
- Aug 85° 60°
- Sep 78° 52°
- Oct 67° 41°
- Nov 55° 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 Romney each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.72 in), the least in November (2.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 21°F | 30.5°F | 2.41 | 7.0 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 23°F | 33.6°F | 2.19 | 9.7 | 8 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 29°F | 41.2°F | 3.24 | 7.5 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 38°F | 52.2°F | 3.36 | 0.1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 49°F | 61.6°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 57°F | 69.7°F | 3.56 | 0.0 | 12 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 86°F | 61°F | 73.8°F | 4.72 | 0.0 | 11 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 60°F | 72.4°F | 3.72 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 52°F | 65.4°F | 3.58 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 41°F | 54.1°F | 2.84 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 31°F | 42.8°F | 2.18 | 1.0 | 8 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 25°F | 34.4°F | 2.60 | 3.8 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 41°F | 52.6°F | 38.24 | 29.1 | 118 | 28 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −6°C | −0.8°C | 61 mm | 18 cm |
| February | 7°C | −5°C | 0.9°C | 56 mm | 25 cm |
| March | 12°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 11.2°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 9°C | 16.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 14°C | 20.9°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 16°C | 23.2°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 11°C | 18.6°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 6.0°C | 55 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.3°C | 66 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467730; 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 Romney?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00467730.
When is the last frost in Romney?
In Romney, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 26 in half of years and after May 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 18 in half of years and before October 5 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 14; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 197 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Romney in zone 7a in ZIP code 26757, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Romney's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (18 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00467730; 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 Romney?
In a normal year in Romney, 28 days a year reach 90°F, 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 28a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 133a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 17high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 109°F, on August 6, 1918; the lowest is −20°F, on January 14, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 50.46 in; the snowiest season is 1917–18, with 83.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00467730; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00467730. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Romney?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Romney, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 63% | 1.9 |
| February | 66% | 2.7 |
| March | 66% | 3.7 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 69% | 5.3 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 77% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.2 |
| October | 70% | 3.1 |
| November | 69% | 2.2 |
| December | 62% | 1.6 |
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 Romney need?
A normal year in Romney brings 5,326 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 852 cooling degree days, 6% 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 3,258 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,069 | 0 |
| February | 879 | 0 |
| March | 737 | 1 |
| April | 394 | 10 |
| May | 162 | 56 |
| June | 28 | 167 |
| July | 2 | 275 |
| August | 8 | 238 |
| September | 81 | 93 |
| October | 352 | 13 |
| November | 666 | 0 |
| December | 947 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,326 | 852 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467730. 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 Romney been warmer than normal lately?
Over 65 complete years from 1897 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.3°F per century (−0.02°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Romney's climate compare?
Romney is warmer than 28 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.6°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Romney 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 Romney share this climate record?
Oldtown has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Oldtown, MD75 people · 17 mi NE
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 Romney's climate
What is the coldest month in Romney?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Romney?
Yes: 29 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (9.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Romney?
July, with 4.72 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Romney in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Romney in zone 7a in ZIP code 26757, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Romney's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Romney?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 26; in one year in ten it comes after May 14. Waiting until May 14 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
- Keyser, WV14 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Wardensville, WV19 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Cumberland, MD21 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Moorefield, WV23 miles from this station, 53.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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