Cost to Own
United StatesWest VirginiaDoddridge CountyClimate Station W UNION 2, WV US Distance 3.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Doddridge County home comfortable runs roughly $415 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Doddridge County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

84.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 20.8°F.

Doddridge County gets 49.09" of precipitation a year and 23.2" of snow, and 32% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 40.9° 20.8° 3.69" 9.9"
February 44.4° 22.4° 3.51" 6.7"
March 54.0° 28.9° 4.25" 2.8"
April 67.0° 38.0° 3.89" 0.1"
May 75.2° 48.5° 5.09" 0.0"
June 81.7° 57.6° 4.93" 0.0"
July 84.8° 62.1° 5.73" 0.0"
August 84.1° 60.9° 3.66" 0.0"
September 79.0° 53.7° 3.68" 0.0"
October 67.9° 41.1° 3.47" 0.0"
November 55.6° 30.9° 3.21" 0.3"
December 45.3° 25.7° 3.98" 3.4"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 32% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 3.69"
February 3.51"
March 4.25"
April 3.89"
May 5.09"
June 4.93"
July 5.73"
August 3.66"
September 3.68"
October 3.47"
November 3.21"
December 3.98"
Annual total 49.09"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 858
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,222
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.45¢/kWh, West Virginia average $133
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $282

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Doddridge County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Doddridge County?

Doddridge County averages a high of 84.8°F in July and a low of 20.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 49.09 inches, including 23.2 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Doddridge County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 32% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Doddridge County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 84.8°F. That drives 858 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Doddridge County?

Yes. Doddridge County averages 23.2 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station W UNION 2, WV US (USC00469458), 3.6 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, West Virginia residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.