Rowlesburg, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Rowlesburg's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 57.3 inches of precipitation and 57 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.8°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,454 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRowlesburg 1
- Station IDUSC00467785
- Location39.34°N 79.67°W
- Elevation1,423 ft (434 m)
- Population433
On October 23, the normal high in Rowlesburg is 63°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 39%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Rowlesburg.
- Jan 38° 20°
- Feb 43° 22°
- Mar 51° 29°
- Apr 64° 37°
- May 72° 48°
- Jun 79° 57°
- Jul 82° 61°
- Aug 82° 60°
- Sep 76° 54°
- Oct 65° 41°
- Nov 53° 31°
- Dec 43° 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 Rowlesburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in July (6.57 in), the least in November (3.72 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 20°F | 29.3°F | 4.37 | 19.7 | 19 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 22°F | 32.4°F | 4.10 | 13.3 | 15 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 51°F | 29°F | 40.1°F | 5.00 | 10.2 | 15 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 37°F | 50.8°F | 4.93 | 0.8 | 14 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 5.44 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 79°F | 57°F | 67.9°F | 5.49 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 82°F | 61°F | 71.8°F | 6.57 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 82°F | 60°F | 71.0°F | 4.71 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 54°F | 64.9°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 3.89 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 31°F | 42.1°F | 3.72 | 2.2 | 13 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 25°F | 33.9°F | 4.67 | 10.6 | 17 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 41°F | 51.5°F | 57.26 | 56.9 | 170 | 5 | 128 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −7°C | −1.5°C | 111 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 104 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 11°C | −2°C | 4.5°C | 127 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 18°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 125 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 167 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 6°C | −4°C | 1.1°C | 119 mm | 27 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467785; 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 Rowlesburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (11).
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 USC00467785.
When is the last frost in Rowlesburg?
In Rowlesburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 10 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 281 year in 10 after May 15; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 10; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rowlesburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 26425, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Rowlesburg's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (16 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 USC00467785; 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 Rowlesburg?
In a normal year in Rowlesburg, 5 days a year reach 90°F, 128 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 170 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 128a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 28high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 170a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 21a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1942) is 101°F, on September 3, 1953; the lowest is −21°F, on January 20, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1956, with 75.09 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 103.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00467785; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00467785. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Rowlesburg?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Rowlesburg, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 55% | 1.7 |
| February | 59% | 2.5 |
| March | 62% | 3.5 |
| April | 66% | 4.7 |
| May | 67% | 5.3 |
| June | 73% | 5.9 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.3 |
| October | 67% | 3.0 |
| November | 66% | 2.1 |
| December | 55% | 1.5 |
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 Rowlesburg need?
A normal year in Rowlesburg brings 5,571 heating degree days, 4% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 666 cooling degree days, 27% 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 3,004 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,108 | 0 |
| February | 914 | 0 |
| March | 774 | 0 |
| April | 430 | 4 |
| May | 191 | 42 |
| June | 37 | 124 |
| July | 4 | 213 |
| August | 7 | 195 |
| September | 83 | 80 |
| October | 374 | 8 |
| November | 686 | 0 |
| December | 964 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,571 | 666 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467785. 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 Rowlesburg been warmer than normal lately?
Over 44 complete years from 1947 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.15°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 Rowlesburg's climate compare?
Rowlesburg is warmer than 12 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 56. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.5°F is warmer than 47%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Rowlesburg 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 Rowlesburg share this climate record?
2 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.
- Tunnelton, WV292 people · 5 mi NW
- Newburg, WV258 people · 10 mi W
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 Rowlesburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Rowlesburg?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Rowlesburg?
Yes: 57 inches in a normal year, falling on 30 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (19.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Rowlesburg?
July, with 6.57 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.72 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Rowlesburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Rowlesburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 26425, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Rowlesburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Rowlesburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 15. Waiting until May 15 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
- Terra Alta, WV10 miles from this station, 47.7°F a year
- Oakland, MD15 miles from this station, 49.7°F a year
- Bayard, WV17 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Sines Deep Creek, MD19 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
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