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Weather in Pickens, WV · National Weather Service + NOAA

Pickens stays cool in summer

Pickens has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 77°, a January night drops to 20°. Normal November highs come to 49°, and lows to 31°.

Winter 39°/22°Spring 59°/38°Summer 76°/57°Fall 61°/41°
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Sunrise 6:48 am · sunset 5:19 pm

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What stands out about Pickens’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Cool summersJuly afternoons average 77°, cooler than 97% of U.S. towns.Among West Virginia’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 20°, colder than 419 of 438 West Virginia towns.A wet climate61 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 98% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Pickens’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
39° / 22°
Snow is rare
Spring
59° / 38°
Last frost around Apr 25
Summer
76° / 57°
90° days are rare
Fall now
61° / 41°
First frost around Oct 19
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 19). Last frost next spring: Apr 25
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
When is it wettest?July, with 6.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.3° vs. the 20th century.What is each month like?Highs, lows, rain and snow for all 12.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Pickens itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Pickens 2 N, WV (2 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.