West Jefferson, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from JEFFERSON 2 E, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
West Jefferson has an annual average temperature of 51.1°F with about 51 inches of precipitation per year and 14.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.34 in) and February the driest (3.28 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
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All-time records →38 of 366 (10.4%) of West Jefferson'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.
| 1890s | 13 | |
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 43 | |
| 1920s | 52 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 20 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 1 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 30 | |
| 2000s | 36 | |
| 2010s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
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 | 43.3°F | 21.9°F | 32.6°F | 3.91 in | 4.3 in | 7 |
| February | 46.6°F | 24.0°F | 35.3°F | 3.28 in | 3.3 in | 7 |
| March | 53.5°F | 29.2°F | 41.4°F | 4.06 in | 2.9 in | 8 |
| April | 63.1°F | 36.3°F | 49.7°F | 4.78 in | — | 7 |
| May | 71.2°F | 45.3°F | 58.2°F | 5.34 in | — | 10 |
| June | 78.0°F | 53.4°F | 65.7°F | 4.44 in | — | 10 |
| July | 81.0°F | 58.0°F | 69.5°F | 4.79 in | — | 10 |
| August | 80.2°F | 56.6°F | 68.4°F | 4.65 in | — | 9 |
| September | 75.2°F | 50.3°F | 62.7°F | 4.35 in | — | 7 |
| October | 65.5°F | 38.5°F | 52.0°F | 3.71 in | — | 6 |
| November | 55.4°F | 28.5°F | 42.0°F | 3.61 in | 0.2 in | 6 |
| December | 47.0°F | 24.5°F | 35.7°F | 4.03 in | 3.7 in | 8 |
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