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Point Pleasant Metro Area, WV Climate


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The climate in the Point Pleasant, WV Metro Area is generally mild and humid. Summers are typically hot and humid with average temperatures ranging from 75-90 degrees Fahrenheit. Winters are usually cold and wet with temperatures ranging from 20-45 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation throughout the year is abundant, mainly due to snowfall in the winter months while summers receive moderate rain showers. Additionally, the area sees an average of around 200 sunny days per year which helps to balance out the wet weather.

Point Pleasant Metro Area, West Virginia gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Point Pleasant Metro Area averages 10 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 166 sunny days per year in Point Pleasant Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Point Pleasant Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 127 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 10 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Point Pleasant metro area is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in West Virginia.

8.5 Summer - 5.6 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the Point Pleasant metro area, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

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Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Point Pleasant metro area with an average high temperature of 86.1°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in West Virginia. In the Point Pleasant metro area, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Point Pleasant metro area are September, May and June.
In the Point Pleasant metro area, there are 22.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in West Virginia.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Point Pleasant metro area with an average of 22.4°. This is warmer than most places in West Virginia.
In the Point Pleasant metro area, there are 109.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in West Virginia.
In the Point Pleasant metro area, there are 1.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in West Virginia.
The humidity is usually comfortable in the Point Pleasant metro area but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
May is the wettest month in the Point Pleasant metro area with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 28% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 41.5 inches in the Point Pleasant metro area means that it is drier than most places in West Virginia.
May is the rainiest month in the Point Pleasant metro area with 12.6 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.1 rainy days. There are 126.9 rainy days annually in the Point Pleasant metro area, which is less rainy than most places in West Virginia. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 9.5 inches in the Point Pleasant metro area means that it is one of the least snowy places in West Virginia. January is the snowiest month in the Point Pleasant metro area with 3.8 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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