West Virginia

Elizabeth, West Virginia Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Sandyville 9 Ne, 17.3 km from Elizabeth

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 85°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 20°F. A normal year brings 47.9 in of precipitation and 24.2 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Parkersburg (PKB), since 1948. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Elizabeth through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
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Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
76°F
Normal low
49°F
Record high
95°Fin 2007
Record low
35°Fin 1967
Chance of a wet day
32%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January40°F20°F78°F (2020)-24°F (1994)3.44 in13.67.8 in26.31,0830
February45°F22°F79°F (2018)-10°F (1951)3.45 in12.36.5 in24.08900
March54°F28°F86°F (2026)-5°F (1980)4.26 in12.24.3 in22.07511
April67°F37°F94°F (1976)17°F (1972)3.99 in12.30.4 in10.93997
May75°F47°F94°F (1949)24°F (1966)4.76 in14.00.0 in2.216850
June82°F56°F100°F (1988)36°F (1966)4.82 in12.50.0 in0.027151
July85°F60°F103°F (2012)44°F (1988)5.24 in11.40.0 in0.03244
August85°F59°F101°F (1988)40°F (1986)3.97 in10.20.0 in0.06215
September79°F52°F102°F (1953)32°F (1956)3.83 in9.30.0 in0.38090
October68°F40°F96°F (2019)21°F (1952)3.27 in10.00.0 in7.536512
November55°F30°F84°F (1961)1°F (1958)2.97 in11.20.8 in20.56780
December44°F25°F79°F (1971)-16°F (1989)3.89 in13.44.4 in24.49430
Year65°F40°F47.89 in14224.2 in1385,392771

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

47.9 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Elizabeth, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Sandyville 9 Ne.

24.2 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Sandyville 9 Ne. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 1 and the first fall freeze around October 14, a growing season of about 165 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 13, first October 4
Median at 32°F
last May 1, first October 14
Median at 28°F
last April 20, first October 24

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Elizabeth.

The muggiest month is July, when 51 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January27°F87%98%2%0%0%0%0%
February29°F85%99%1%0%0%0%0%
March36°F82%94%4%1%0%0%0%
April46°F78%79%14%7%1%0%0%
May55°F79%45%19%19%16%1%0%
June62°F77%17%18%24%31%10%0%
July64°F73%9%15%25%32%19%0%
August62°F69%17%23%27%26%7%0%
September55°F68%51%21%17%10%1%0%
October45°F73%84%10%4%1%0%0%
November36°F79%96%3%1%0%0%0%
December30°F86%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 52 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 75 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 5.6 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 55 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 9 h 25 min.

Hours of daylight at Elizabeth through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Wirt County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Wirt County: 74.2°F (+1.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 29th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Wirt County: 8.08 in (+4.05 in against 1991-2020), the 2nd wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Wirt County: 57.2°F (+1.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 8th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Wirt County: 32.99 in (-0.30 in against 1991-2020), the 49th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
77.5°F in 1995
Coolest August
66.5°F in 1927
Wettest August
9.27 in in 1935
Driest August
0.65 in in 1957

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Wirt County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

West Virginia climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Elizabeth in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1948. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00467918 (Sandyville 9 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003804, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.