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United States › West Virginia › Greenbrier County › Climate Station LEWISBURG 3 N, WV US Distance 5.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Greenbrier County home comfortable runs roughly $419 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Greenbrier County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

82.4°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 19.9°F.

Greenbrier County gets 41.46" of precipitation a year and 29.5" of snow, and 30% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

Temperature through the year

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

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 38.7° 19.9° 3.15" 8.4"
February 42.9° 21.7° 2.87" 8.7"
March 51.7° 28.0° 3.71" 5.4"
April 63.8° 37.5° 3.85" 0.6"
May 72.0° 47.5° 4.48" 0.0"
June 78.9° 55.7° 4.06" 0.0"
July 82.4° 59.6° 3.84" 0.0"
August 81.1° 58.1° 3.43" 0.0"
September 75.5° 51.1° 3.49" 0.0"
October 64.7° 39.2° 2.59" 0.3"
November 52.7° 28.8° 2.51" 0.7"
December 42.3° 23.6° 3.48" 5.4"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 30% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 3.15"
February 2.87"
March 3.71"
April 3.85"
May 4.48"
June 4.06"
July 3.84"
August 3.43"
September 3.49"
October 2.59"
November 2.51"
December 3.48"
Annual total 41.46"

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 563
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,737
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.31¢/kWh, West Virginia average $92
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $327

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 Greenbrier County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Greenbrier County?

Greenbrier County averages a high of 82.4°F in July and a low of 19.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 41.46 inches, including 29.5 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Greenbrier County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 30% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Greenbrier County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 82.4°F. That drives 563 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Greenbrier County?

Yes. Greenbrier County averages 29.5 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station LEWISBURG 3 N, WV US (USC00465224), 5.3 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.