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This weather has a price Keeping the median Monroe County home comfortable runs roughly $390 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Monroe County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

84.1°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 22.2°F.

Monroe County gets 38.77" of precipitation a year and 24" of snow, and 31% 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 42.4° 22.2° 2.65" 6.3"
February 46.5° 24.1° 2.28" 5.9"
March 55.1° 29.9° 3.31" 5.1"
April 65.9° 39.1° 3.50" 0.4"
May 74.0° 48.2° 4.60" 0.0"
June 81.2° 57.1° 3.84" 0.0"
July 84.1° 60.8° 3.76" 0.0"
August 83.3° 59.2° 3.25" 0.0"
September 77.7° 51.6° 3.60" 0.0"
October 67.5° 39.6° 2.56" 0.1"
November 56.2° 30.5° 2.52" 0.7"
December 46.0° 25.4° 2.90" 5.5"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 31% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 2.65"
February 2.28"
March 3.31"
April 3.50"
May 4.60"
June 3.84"
July 3.76"
August 3.25"
September 3.60"
October 2.56"
November 2.52"
December 2.90"
Annual total 38.77"

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 724
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,137
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.45¢/kWh, West Virginia average $112
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $278

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 Monroe County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Monroe County?

Monroe County averages a high of 84.1°F in July and a low of 22.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 38.77 inches, including 24 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Monroe County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 31% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Monroe County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 84.1°F. That drives 724 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Monroe County?

Yes. Monroe County averages 24 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station UNION 3 SSE, WV US (USC00469011), 1.2 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.