Average Rainfall for West Virginia in August
The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities and other locations in West Virginia.
Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. 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 rainfall 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
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Bartow | 3.6 | 92 |
| 13 | Elkins | 3.9 | 98 |
| 9 | Franklin | 3.5 | 90 |
| 10 | Marlinton | 3.9 | 99 |
| 9 | Martinsburg | 3.0 | 77 |
| 17 | Snowshoe | 4.8 | 121 |
| 11 | Wardensville | 3.6 | 92 |
Southern West Virginia
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Beckley | 3.7 | 93 |
| 11 | Bluefield | 3.1 | 80 |
| 11 | Charleston | 3.8 | 95 |
| 10 | Huntington | 4.0 | 102 |
| 12 | White Sulphur Springs | 3.3 | 85 |
Northwest West Virginia
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Clarksburg | 4.0 | 101 |
| 10 | Fairmont | 3.8 | 97 |
| 11 | Morgantown | 3.7 | 93 |
| 10 | Moundsville | 3.8 | 97 |
| 9 | Parkersburg | 3.7 | 93 |
| 10 | Wheeling | 3.2 | 81 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.