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West Virginia weather by city

VSWeather covers 31 cities and towns in West Virginia, from Charleston (population 47,918) down to Buckhannon (population 5,144). Charles Town is the state's sunniest covered city at 201 sunny days a year. Elkins is its snowiest at 69 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

West Virginia climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Charles Town 201 sunny days
  2. 2Ranson corporation 201 sunny days
  3. 3Martinsburg 196 sunny days
  4. 4Huntington 182 sunny days
  5. 5Pea Ridge 181 sunny days
  6. 6Teays Valley 180 sunny days
  7. 7Hurricane 180 sunny days
  8. 8Charleston 179 sunny days
  9. 9South Charleston 179 sunny days
  10. 10Dunbar 179 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Elkins 69 in of snow
  2. 2Beckley 45 in of snow
  3. 3Oak Hill 44 in of snow
  4. 4Brookhaven 41 in of snow
  5. 5Buckhannon 40 in of snow
  6. 6Bluefield 38 in of snow
  7. 7Cheat Lake 38 in of snow
  8. 8Charleston 30 in of snow
  9. 9Weirton 28 in of snow
  10. 10South Charleston 26 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Elkins 185 wet days a year
  2. 2Buckhannon 182 wet days a year
  3. 3Oak Hill 172 wet days a year
  4. 4Brookhaven 171 wet days a year
  5. 5Beckley 169 wet days a year
  6. 6Cheat Lake 168 wet days a year
  7. 7Clarksburg 167 wet days a year
  8. 8Bridgeport 167 wet days a year
  9. 9Morgantown 166 wet days a year
  10. 10Fairmont 164 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Pea Ridge 57 °F average
  2. 2Huntington 57 °F average
  3. 3Charleston 56 °F average
  4. 4Hurricane 55 °F average
  5. 5Parkersburg 55 °F average
  6. 6Teays Valley 55 °F average
  7. 7Bridgeport 55 °F average
  8. 8Vienna 55 °F average
  9. 9South Charleston 55 °F average
  10. 10St. Albans 55 °F average

Popular West Virginia comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered West Virginia cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how West Virginia cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).