Sandyville (9 mi NE), West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Sandyville (9 mi NE)'s normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 47.9 inches of precipitation and 24 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.2°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,216 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSandyville (9 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00467918
- Location38.98°N 81.57°W
- Elevation668 ft (204 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Sandyville (9 mi NE) is 65°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 34%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sandyville (9 mi NE).
- Jan 40° 20°
- Feb 45° 22°
- Mar 54° 28°
- Apr 67° 37°
- May 75° 47°
- Jun 82° 56°
- Jul 85° 60°
- Aug 85° 59°
- Sep 79° 52°
- Oct 68° 40°
- Nov 55° 30°
- 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 at Sandyville (9 mi NE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.24 in), the least in November (2.97 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 20°F | 30.0°F | 3.44 | 7.8 | 14 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 45°F | 22°F | 33.2°F | 3.45 | 6.5 | 12 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 28°F | 40.8°F | 4.26 | 4.3 | 12 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 37°F | 51.9°F | 3.99 | 0.4 | 12 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 47°F | 61.2°F | 4.76 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 56°F | 69.1°F | 4.82 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 85°F | 60°F | 72.8°F | 5.24 | 0.0 | 11 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 59°F | 71.8°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 52°F | 65.3°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 40°F | 53.6°F | 3.27 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 30°F | 42.4°F | 2.97 | 0.8 | 11 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 25°F | 34.6°F | 3.89 | 4.4 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 40°F | 52.2°F | 47.89 | 24.2 | 142 | 21 | 138 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −7°C | −1.1°C | 87 mm | 20 cm |
| February | 7°C | −6°C | 0.7°C | 88 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 108 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 101 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 24°C | 8°C | 16.2°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 13°C | 20.6°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 16°C | 22.7°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 15°C | 22.1°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 11°C | 18.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 4°C | 12.0°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 75 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.4°C | 99 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467918; 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 Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00467918.
When is the last frost at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
In Sandyville (9 mi NE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before October 1 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
- May 11 year in 10 after May 19; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 165 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 186 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sandyville (9 mi NE) in zone 6b in ZIP code 25275, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (21 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 USC00467918; 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 at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
In a normal year in Sandyville (9 mi NE), 21 days a year reach 90°F, 138 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 142 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 138a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 19high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 142a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00467918.
How sunny is it at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Sandyville (9 mi NE), 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (78%) and January the cloudiest (57%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.8 |
| February | 59% | 2.5 |
| March | 64% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.9 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.1 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 78% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.5 |
| October | 70% | 3.2 |
| November | 69% | 2.3 |
| December | 57% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Sandyville (9 mi NE) record?
A normal year at Sandyville (9 mi NE) brings 5,392 heating degree days, 0% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 771 cooling degree days, 15% 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 3,187 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,083 | 0 |
| February | 890 | 0 |
| March | 751 | 1 |
| April | 399 | 7 |
| May | 168 | 50 |
| June | 27 | 151 |
| July | 3 | 244 |
| August | 6 | 215 |
| September | 80 | 90 |
| October | 365 | 12 |
| November | 678 | 0 |
| December | 943 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,392 | 771 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00467918. 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.
How does Sandyville (9 mi NE)'s climate compare?
Sandyville (9 mi NE) is warmer than 21 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 52.2°F is warmer than 50%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sandyville (9 mi NE) 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 Sandyville (9 mi NE) share this climate record?
3 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.
- Tuppers Plains, OH498 people · 20 mi NW
- Coolville, OH447 people · 21 mi NW
- Hockingport, OH108 people · 17 mi NW
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 Sandyville (9 mi NE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
Yes: 24 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (7.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
July, with 5.24 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.97 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sandyville (9 mi NE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sandyville (9 mi NE) in zone 6b in ZIP code 25275, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Sandyville (9 mi NE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 19. Waiting until May 19 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
- Ripley, WV14 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Creston, WV16 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Spencer, WV17 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Parkersburg, WV26 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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