Rosedale, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Rosedale's primary NOAA station, ROSEDALE 3 NNW.
The climate verdict for Rosedale
Water is the standout signal in Rosedale, West Virginia: 49.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.8"
- annual precipitation · 28" snow
- 173 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Rosedale: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00467743 · Rosedale, WV 51°F mean · 49.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dayton
- PRCP-MID 49.8"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,611 HDD
- STN-1 USC00467743
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dayton, WA ( -0.1 °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.
- Rosedale (this station) 51°F
- Cold Chatham, MA 51°F
- Near Dayton, WA 51°F
- Near Santa FE Seton, NM 51°F
- Near Stead, NV 51°F
Climate Living Index · Rosedale
Rosedale: 45/100 · grade D
Rosedale publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Rosedale, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 49.8 in · 14.8 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.2°F · 16.3° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 173 days/year | 44/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 154 calendar days | 44/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 28.2 inches/year | 40/100 · D |
Rosedale · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Rosedale is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 29.4°F and warmest-month mean 71.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 71.5°F
- Coldest month
- 29.4°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 Rosedale sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Rosedale's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 46th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Rosedale's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 45th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Rosedale compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Rosedale's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 3.7" | 10.9" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 3.5" | 7.5" | 24.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 4.4" | 2.9" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.1" | 0.3" | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.2" | 1.1" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 4.3" | 5.5" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 154 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 3, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 154 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 24, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 14 at 35%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 166 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Rosedale.
Where Rosedale Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 50 inches.
Rosedale 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 and snowfall
Snow: 10.9"
17.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.5"
14.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
14.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
14.0 days with precipitation
15.1 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
11.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
14.9 days with precipitation
Rosedale spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Rosedale has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.5" and November 3.2". 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.
How Rosedale's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 166 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 49.8" between them, or roughly 0.30 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Rosedale
Rosedale averages 28.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 22 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 28.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 22 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 6% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
173 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,611
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
597
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Rosedale 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 (51°F here).
- Bellingham, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, IA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Burlington, IA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Chicago, IL 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Leitchfield, KY 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Flemingsburg, KY 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Olive Hill, KY 49.8" · 0.0" off
- Shelbyville, KY 49.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Rosedale
heating led · wet · mid swing
Rosedale's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,611 annual heating degree days against 597 for cooling. Its 42.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Rosedale's frost-free season lasts about 173 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Rosedale coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 29°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Rosedale typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Rosedale snow peak
January
Rosedale averages 28.2 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Rosedale's primary station: ROSEDALE 3 NNW (USC00467743). 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 Rosedale; 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 Rosedale 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.