Average Annual Snowfall in West Virginia

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

The snowfall totals are annual 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.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

Eastern West Virginia

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
44.0	Bartow	67.4	171.2
38.3	Elkins	68.9	175.0
8.6	Franklin	26.7	67.8
17.9	Marlinton	42.5	108.0
50.8	Snowshoe	144.7	367.5

Southern West Virginia

Yearly snow averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
32.5	Beckley	55.9	142.0
25.2	Bluefield	34.6	87.9
23.9	Charleston	31.5	80.0
6.9	Huntington	10.2	25.9
10.8	White Sulphur Springs	18.1	46.0

Northwest West Virginia

Average total snowfall for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
14.6	Clarksburg	23.8	60.5
10.8	Moundsville	15.8	40.1
7.2	Parkersburg	11.3	28.7