Friendly, WV
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MIDDLEBOURNE 3 ESE, WV US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Friendly has an annual average temperature of 51.6°F with about 47.3 inches of precipitation per year and 27.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.4°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.10 in) and November the driest (3.07 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Friendly
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →28 of 366 (7.7%) of Friendly'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.
| 1920s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 0 | |
| 1940s | 73 | |
| 1950s | 81 | |
| 1960s | 30 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 36 | |
| 1990s | 34 | |
| 2000s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 32 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
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 | 39.1°F | 19.4°F | 29.3°F | 3.67 in | 11.0 in | 15 |
| February | 42.7°F | 21.1°F | 31.9°F | 3.28 in | 7.7 in | 13 |
| March | 52.4°F | 27.8°F | 40.1°F | 4.03 in | 4.1 in | 13 |
| April | 65.4°F | 36.9°F | 51.2°F | 3.92 in | 0.1 in | 13 |
| May | 73.8°F | 47.6°F | 60.7°F | 4.51 in | — | 13 |
| June | 80.8°F | 56.4°F | 68.6°F | 4.87 in | — | 12 |
| July | 84.1°F | 61.1°F | 72.6°F | 5.10 in | — | 12 |
| August | 83.2°F | 59.6°F | 71.4°F | 4.02 in | — | 10 |
| September | 77.4°F | 52.1°F | 64.8°F | 3.68 in | — | 9 |
| October | 66.0°F | 39.9°F | 53.0°F | 3.28 in | — | 10 |
| November | 53.7°F | 30.1°F | 41.9°F | 3.07 in | 0.5 in | 11 |
| December | 43.5°F | 24.8°F | 34.1°F | 3.84 in | 3.9 in | 14 |
Climate twins of Friendly
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).