What is the hottest month in Buckhannon?

July is the warmest month in Buckhannon, with an average high of 84.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Buckhannon?

January is the coldest month in Buckhannon, with an average low of 21.1°F.

What month does Buckhannon get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Buckhannon, with about 5.31 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Buckhannon in?

Buckhannon is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Buckhannon changed recently?

14.8% of Buckhannon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Buckhannon, WV

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BUCKHANNON, WV US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Buckhannon has an annual average temperature of 52.6°F with about 49.2 inches of precipitation per year and 39.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.1°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.31 in) and November the driest (3.03 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

42.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,067

HDD/yr

Cooling need

603

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

54 of 366 (14.8%) of Buckhannon'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.

1880s		0
1890s		27
1900s		33
1910s		33
1920s		8
1930s		23
1940s		19
1950s		46
1960s		16
1970s		17
1980s		26
1990s		20
2000s		33
2010s		36
2020s		29

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	40.8°F	21.1°F	31.0°F	3.61 in	11.9 in	17
February	44.3°F	22.8°F	33.5°F	3.29 in	11.3 in	15
March	53.2°F	29.2°F	41.2°F	4.15 in	6.7 in	14
April	65.9°F	37.9°F	51.9°F	3.82 in	0.7 in	14
May	74.1°F	48.6°F	61.4°F	5.18 in	—	16
June	81.0°F	57.4°F	69.2°F	5.10 in	—	14
July	84.3°F	62.0°F	73.1°F	5.31 in	—	14
August	83.8°F	60.2°F	72.0°F	4.21 in	—	12
September	78.6°F	53.0°F	65.8°F	3.76 in	—	11
October	66.8°F	40.8°F	53.8°F	3.82 in	0.1 in	12
November	54.6°F	31.2°F	42.9°F	3.03 in	1.8 in	12
December	45.0°F	25.9°F	35.4°F	3.93 in	6.9 in	16