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United States › West Virginia › Pocahontas County › Climate Station SNOWSHOE, WV US Distance 4.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Pocahontas County home comfortable runs roughly $467 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Pocahontas County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

69.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 14.3°F.

Pocahontas County gets 62.54" of precipitation a year and 144.7" of snow, and 28% of it falls in Dec, Jan, Feb.

Temperature through the year

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

20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 29.8° 14.3° 6.06" 35.5"
February 31.8° 15.9° 4.95" 31.4"
March 38.9° 22.8° 5.97" 27.2"
April 51.0° 33.0° 5.17" 8.5"
May 59.7° 43.2° 5.84" 0.8"
June 66.6° 51.3° 5.71" 0.0"
July 69.8° 55.4° 4.87" 0.0"
August 68.8° 54.6° 4.76" 0.0"
September 63.5° 49.1° 4.42" 0.0"
October 53.3° 38.1° 4.10" 2.8"
November 42.0° 27.2° 4.47" 9.7"
December 34.1° 19.8° 6.22" 28.8"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 28% falling in the wettest three months (Dec, Jan, Feb).

January 6.06"
February 4.95"
March 5.97"
April 5.17"
May 5.84"
June 5.71"
July 4.87"
August 4.76"
September 4.42"
October 4.10"
November 4.47"
December 6.22"
Annual total 62.54"

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 57
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,018
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.31¢/kWh, West Virginia average $9
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $458

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 Pocahontas County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Pocahontas County?

Pocahontas County averages a high of 69.8°F in July and a low of 14.3°F in January. Annual precipitation is 62.54 inches, including 144.7 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Pocahontas County?

The wettest stretch is Dec, Jan, Feb, which accounts for 28% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Pocahontas County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 69.8°F. That drives 57 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Pocahontas County?

Yes. Pocahontas County averages 144.7 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station SNOWSHOE, WV US (USC00468308), 4.7 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.