Average Snowfall for West Virginia in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and other locations in West Virginia. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall 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 total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
11.6 Bartow 16.0 40.6
11.0 Elkins 20.3 51.6
2.1 Franklin 8.1 20.6
4.9 Marlinton 12.2 31.0
12.3 Snowshoe 35.5 90.2

Southern West Virginia

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
8.5 Beckley 15.5 39.4
6.6 Bluefield 9.9 25.1
7.6 Charleston 10.3 26.2
2.6 Huntington 4.3 10.9
3.2 White Sulphur Springs 5.6 14.2

Northwest West Virginia

Average snow for January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4.9 Clarksburg 7.9 20.1
4.1 Moundsville 6.0 15.2
3.0 Parkersburg 5.5 14.0
Reference

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

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