Average Rainfall for West Virginia in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities, towns and lakes in West Virginia.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. Most sites also have information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

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

Eastern West Virginia

Average monthly precipitation in August

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Bartow	3.7	93
–	Canaan Valley Park	4.4	111
13	Elkins	3.8	98
10	Franklin	3.4	87
10	Marlinton	3.8	97
9	Martinsburg	3.1	78
10	Seneca State Forest	4.2	106
10	Wardensville	3.3	84

Southern West Virginia

August averages for total rainfall

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Beckley	3.5	88
10	Bluefield	3.3	83
10	Charleston	3.7	95
9	Huntington	3.8	96
11	Summersville Lake	4.5	113
11	White Sulphur Springs	3.3	83

Northwest West Virginia

Average amount of rain in August

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Clarksburg	3.8	96
10	Fairmont	3.7	94
10	Morgantown	3.6	90
10	Moundsville	3.6	91
9	Parkersburg	3.6	92
–	Sutton Lake	4.4	110
9	Wheeling	3.3	84