White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
White Sulphur Springs's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 41.0 inches of precipitation and 18 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.8°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,042 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWhite Sulphur Springs
- Station IDUSC00469522
- Location37.79°N 80.31°W
- Elevation1,919 ft (585 m)
- Population2,154
On October 23, the normal high in White Sulphur Springs is 64°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for White Sulphur Springs.
- Jan 41° 21°
- Feb 45° 23°
- Mar 53° 28°
- Apr 65° 37°
- May 73° 47°
- Jun 79° 55°
- Jul 83° 60°
- Aug 82° 59°
- Sep 77° 52°
- Oct 66° 39°
- Nov 55° 29°
- Dec 44° 24°
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 White Sulphur Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.52 in), the least in November (2.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 21°F | 30.8°F | 3.05 | 5.6 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 45°F | 23°F | 33.7°F | 2.79 | 6.3 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 53°F | 28°F | 40.9°F | 3.70 | 3.4 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 37°F | 51.1°F | 3.66 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 47°F | 59.7°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 79°F | 55°F | 67.2°F | 3.71 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 83°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 82°F | 59°F | 70.3°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 77°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 3.58 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 39°F | 52.8°F | 2.70 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 29°F | 41.8°F | 2.57 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 24°F | 34.4°F | 3.26 | 2.0 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 40°F | 51.5°F | 41.03 | 18.1 | 142 | 6 | 139 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −6°C | −0.7°C | 77 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 7°C | −5°C | 0.9°C | 71 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 94 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 10.6°C | 93 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 23°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 4°C | 11.6°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −2°C | 5.4°C | 65 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.3°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00469522; 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 White Sulphur Springs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00469522.
When is the last frost in White Sulphur Springs?
In White Sulphur Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 13 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 21 year in 10 after May 19; 9 in 10 after April 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 131 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 29
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 19 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts White Sulphur Springs in zone 6b in ZIP code 24925, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, White Sulphur Springs's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (30 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 USC00469522; 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 White Sulphur Springs?
In a normal year in White Sulphur Springs, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 139 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 142 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 139a 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
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1895) is 103°F, on September 9, 1985; the lowest is −34°F, on December 30, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1972, with 56.18 in; the snowiest season is 1946–47, with 62.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00469522; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00469522. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is White Sulphur Springs?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around White Sulphur Springs, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and January the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 2.2 |
| February | 65% | 2.9 |
| March | 67% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.1 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 75% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 74% | 4.4 |
| October | 72% | 3.4 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 65% | 1.9 |
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 White Sulphur Springs need?
A normal year in White Sulphur Springs brings 5,482 heating degree days, 2% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 594 cooling degree days, 35% 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 2,902 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,060 | 0 |
| February | 875 | 0 |
| March | 749 | 0 |
| April | 419 | 4 |
| May | 197 | 33 |
| June | 43 | 109 |
| July | 7 | 198 |
| August | 10 | 174 |
| September | 92 | 69 |
| October | 387 | 8 |
| November | 694 | 0 |
| December | 949 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,482 | 594 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00469522. 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 White Sulphur Springs been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 53.8°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.5°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.7°F | +1.2°F | 39.15 | 25.8 |
| 2022 | 51.3°F | −0.3°F | 43.49 | 17.8 |
| 2023 | 52.8°F | +1.3°F | 36.41 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 53.8°F | +2.3°F | 41.80 | 6.7 |
Over 86 complete years from 1917 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00469522; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does White Sulphur Springs's climate compare?
White Sulphur Springs is warmer than 12 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 10. 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, White Sulphur Springs is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 White Sulphur Springs share this climate record?
Callaghan has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Callaghan, VA277 people · 12 mi E
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 White Sulphur Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in White Sulphur Springs?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in White Sulphur Springs?
Yes: 18 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in White Sulphur Springs?
May, with 4.52 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is White Sulphur Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts White Sulphur Springs in zone 6b in ZIP code 24925, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at White Sulphur Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in White Sulphur Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; 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
- Lewisburg, WV7 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Covington, VA17 miles from this station, 52.7°F a year
- Alderson, WV20 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Union, WV21 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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