Petersburg, WV

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

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Petersburg has an annual average temperature of 54.7°F with about 40.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.3°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.50 in) and November the driest (2.46 in).

Annual swing
42°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,575
Cooling need
852

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Climate change signal

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99 of 366 (27%) of Petersburg'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.

1990s
72
2000s
113
2010s
132
2020s
49

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 44.2°F 23.3°F 33.7°F 2.56 in
February 47.2°F 25.3°F 36.2°F 2.61 in
March 55.6°F 31.4°F 43.5°F 3.50 in
April 67.7°F 40.2°F 54.0°F 3.46 in
May 75.7°F 49.8°F 62.8°F 4.48 in
June 84.4°F 58.6°F 71.5°F 4.15 in
July 88.5°F 63.0°F 75.7°F 4.50 in
August 86.3°F 61.5°F 73.9°F 3.61 in
September 80.6°F 54.0°F 67.3°F 3.34 in
October 68.6°F 42.2°F 55.4°F 2.72 in
November 56.6°F 33.0°F 44.8°F 2.46 in
December 47.4°F 26.9°F 37.1°F 2.93 in

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