Snowshoe, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Snowshoe's primary NOAA station, SNOWSHOE.
The climate verdict for Snowshoe
Water is the standout signal in Snowshoe, West Virginia: 62.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 43°F. At 24/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 0% of scores.
- 43°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 24/100
- comfort score, above 0% of station-mapped location scores
- 62.5"
- annual precipitation · 145" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free growing season
Snowshoe: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00468308 · Snowshoe, WV 43°F mean · 62.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Truckee-tahoe
- PRCP-WET 62.5"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 24/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,018 HDD
- STN-1 USC00468308
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Truckee-tahoe, CA (+ 0 °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.
- Snowshoe (this station) 43°F
- Cold Lemon Dam, CO 43°F
- Hot Truckee-tahoe, CA 43°F
- Near Petersburg, AK 43°F
- Near Hyder, AK 43°F
Climate Living Index · Snowshoe
Snowshoe: 18/100 · grade F
Snowshoe publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Snowshoe, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 24/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 165 calendar days | 36/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.1°F · 24.4° from 67.5°F | 13/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 62.5 in · 27.5 from 35 in | 6/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 144.7 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Snowshoe · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Snowshoe is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.1°F and warmest-month mean 62.6°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
- 62.6°F
- Coldest month
- 22.1°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 Snowshoe sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Snowshoe's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 88%
- Among 6,861 stations, Snowshoe sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 4% wettest
- Snowshoe's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 38th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Snowshoe compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Snowshoe's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
24 0th percentile score exceeds 0% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Snowshoe's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 37 complete annual observations from 1978 to 2025, SNOWSHOE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.23°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Snowshoe primary station fitted change +0.23 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 6.1" | 35.5" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 5.0" | 31.4" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 39°F (4°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 6.0" | 27.2" | 23.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 5.2" | 8.5" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 60°F (15°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 5.8" | 0.8" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 67°F (19°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| July | 70°F (21°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 69°F (20°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 64°F (18°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| October | 53°F (12°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.1" | 2.8" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 4.5" | 9.7" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 6.2" | 28.8" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 70°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 165 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 165 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 13, when 74% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 17 at 48%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 219 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 18°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Snowshoe.
Where Snowshoe Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 63 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 18°F.
Snowshoe earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 35.5"
23.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 31.4"
19.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 27.2"
19.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
17.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
18.4 days with precipitation
17.7 days with precipitation
17.6 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
15.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.7"
16.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 28.8"
21.0 days with precipitation
Snowshoe spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Snowshoe has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 6.2" and October 4.1". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Snowshoe's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 218 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 62.5" between them, or roughly 0.29 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 Snowshoe
Snowshoe averages 144.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 51 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: 144.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 51 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 23% 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 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,018
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
57
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Snowshoe 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 (43°F here).
- Almont, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Bismarck, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Clark, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Grantsburg, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (62.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kosciusko, MS 62.5" · 0.0" off
- Covington, LA 62.5" · 0.0" off
- Tylertown, MS 62.5" · 0.0" off
- Stuart, FL 62.7" · 0.2" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Snowshoe
heating led · wet · mid swing
Snowshoe's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,018 annual heating degree days against 57 for cooling. Its 40.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Snowshoe coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Snowshoe typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Snowshoe snow peak
January
Snowshoe averages 144.7 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 Snowshoe's primary station: SNOWSHOE (USC00468308). 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 Snowshoe; 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 Snowshoe 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.