Average Precipitation for West Virginia in January

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January 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 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 monthly precipitation in January
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
17 Bartow 3.4 87
17 Elkins 3.4 85
9 Franklin 2.5 63
12 Marlinton 3.6 91
10 Martinsburg 2.6 66
24 Snowshoe 6.1 154
10 Wardensville 2.3 58

Southern West Virginia

January averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
15 Beckley 3.1 80
14 Bluefield 3.0 77
15 Charleston 3.3 83
12 Huntington 3.4 87
13 White Sulphur Springs 3.1 77

Northwest West Virginia

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
16 Clarksburg 3.5 90
15 Fairmont 3.8 97
16 Morgantown 3.1 79
14 Moundsville 3.8 96
12 Parkersburg 3.4 87
16 Wheeling 3.4 87
Reference

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

West Virginia Precipitation
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