Average Annual Precipitation for West Virginia

The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and other locations in West Virginia.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Northwest, Eastern and Southern West Virginia.

Eastern West Virginia

Average yearly precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
163 Bartow 43.8 1112
173 Elkins 47.2 1199
111 Franklin 38.5 977
131 Marlinton 44.9 1141
121 Martinsburg 39.0 990
218 Snowshoe 62.5 1589
123 Wardensville 37.4 950

Southern West Virginia

Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
161 Beckley 43.5 1106
154 Bluefield 41.2 1047
151 Charleston 46.2 1174
131 Huntington 45.3 1150
142 White Sulphur Springs 41.0 1042

Northwest West Virginia

Average amount of rain and snow a year
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
158 Clarksburg 48.2 1225
148 Fairmont 47.8 1213
155 Morgantown 43.2 1096
144 Moundsville 46.1 1172
137 Parkersburg 44.2 1123
151 Wheeling 41.9 1064
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

West Virginia Precipitation
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