Terra Alta, WV
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TERRA ALTA #1, WV US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Terra Alta has an annual average temperature of 47.7°F with about 57 inches of precipitation per year and 171.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 76.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.7°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.81 in) and October the driest (3.83 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →28 of 366 (7.7%) of Terra Alta'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 | 11 | |
| 1950s | 16 | |
| 1960s | 43 | |
| 1970s | 70 | |
| 1980s | 67 | |
| 1990s | 53 | |
| 2000s | 47 | |
| 2010s | 59 |
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 | 34.0°F | 17.7°F | 25.8°F | 4.70 in | 44.1 in | 22 |
| February | 37.5°F | 19.5°F | 28.5°F | 4.28 in | 36.3 in | 18 |
| March | 46.2°F | 26.2°F | 36.2°F | 5.01 in | 28.2 in | 18 |
| April | 58.9°F | 36.5°F | 47.7°F | 5.00 in | 12.1 in | 17 |
| May | 66.5°F | 46.1°F | 56.3°F | 5.36 in | 0.1 in | 17 |
| June | 73.2°F | 53.9°F | 63.5°F | 5.55 in | — | 15 |
| July | 76.7°F | 58.1°F | 67.4°F | 5.81 in | — | 14 |
| August | 75.7°F | 56.8°F | 66.3°F | 4.85 in | — | 13 |
| September | 70.2°F | 50.7°F | 60.5°F | 4.13 in | — | 12 |
| October | 59.8°F | 39.9°F | 49.9°F | 3.83 in | 3.7 in | 13 |
| November | 48.6°F | 30.3°F | 39.4°F | 3.85 in | 15.7 in | 15 |
| December | 38.5°F | 22.7°F | 30.6°F | 4.64 in | 30.9 in | 20 |
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