Alderson, WV
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALDERSON, WV US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Alderson has an annual average temperature of 52.9°F with about 40.7 inches of precipitation per year and 12.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.42 in) and November the driest (2.55 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
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All-time records →73 of 366 (19.9%) of Alderson's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1940s | 84 | |
| 1950s | 108 | |
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 0 | |
| 1990s | 0 | |
| 2000s | 54 | |
| 2010s | 89 | |
| 2020s | 31 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41.3°F | 21.5°F | 31.4°F | 3.02 in | 3.6 in | 11 |
| February | 45.4°F | 23.9°F | 34.6°F | 2.88 in | 4.2 in | 10 |
| March | 54.0°F | 29.6°F | 41.8°F | 3.81 in | 2.0 in | 12 |
| April | 66.4°F | 38.9°F | 52.6°F | 3.57 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| May | 74.6°F | 48.7°F | 61.7°F | 4.42 in | — | 12 |
| June | 81.0°F | 57.5°F | 69.3°F | 3.71 in | — | 11 |
| July | 84.3°F | 61.8°F | 73.1°F | 4.21 in | — | 11 |
| August | 83.4°F | 60.3°F | 71.9°F | 3.13 in | — | 10 |
| September | 78.2°F | 53.5°F | 65.9°F | 3.35 in | — | 8 |
| October | 67.8°F | 40.8°F | 54.3°F | 2.62 in | 0.1 in | 8 |
| November | 55.4°F | 30.4°F | 42.9°F | 2.55 in | 0.2 in | 8 |
| December | 44.7°F | 25.0°F | 34.9°F | 3.39 in | 2.0 in | 11 |
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