Sutton Lake, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Sutton Lake's primary NOAA station, SUTTON LAKE.
The climate verdict for Sutton Lake
Water is the standout signal in Sutton Lake, West Virginia: 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 55°F. Its climate comfort score of 56/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 36% of station-mapped location scores.
- 55°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 56/100
- comfort score, above 36% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 189 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Sutton Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00468662 · Sutton Lake, WV 55°F mean · 52.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 55°F
- RANK-MID #4,048
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ N Vernon
- PRCP-WET 52.3"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-MID 56/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,757 HDD
- STN-1 USC00468662
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: N Vernon, IN (+ 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.
- Sutton Lake (this station) 55°F
- Cold Petersburg, WV 55°F
- Hot Clendenin, WV 55°F
- Near N Vernon, IN 55°F
- Near Brant Beach-bea…, NJ 55°F
Climate Living Index · Sutton Lake
Sutton Lake: 56/100 · grade C
Sutton Lake publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sutton Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 56/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 122 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.8°F · 12.7° from 67.5°F | 59/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 189 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 52.3 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
Sutton Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sutton Lake is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.0°F and warmest-month mean 75.2°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 75.2°F
- Coldest month
- 33.0°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 Sutton Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sutton Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 59th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Sutton Lake'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 Sutton Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sutton Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
56 36th percentile score exceeds 36% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.8" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.5" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.5" | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.2" | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.4" | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 6.1" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 3.7 | 0.4 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.5" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.2" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 122 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 20, then returns to freezing around November 20, covering 122 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.
The widest day
April 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sutton Lake.
Where Sutton Lake Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Sutton Lake 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
Sutton Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Sutton Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 6.1" and February 3.5". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
189 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,757
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,062
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Sutton Lake 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 (55°F here).
- Courtland, KS 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Cynthiana, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Free Union, VA 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Greensburg, KS 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hingham, MA 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Moncks Corner, SC 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Stendal, IN 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Carthage, TX 52.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Sutton Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Sutton Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,757 annual heating degree days against 1,062 for cooling. Its 42.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Sutton Lake's frost-free season lasts about 189 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Sutton Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.2°F. The annual average is 55°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Sutton Lake carries 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Sutton Lake's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Sutton Lake, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Sutton Lake's primary station: SUTTON LAKE (USC00468662). 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 Sutton Lake; 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 Sutton Lake 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.