Shady Spring
unincorporated, Raleigh County · 3,381 peopleJuly high·January low 22°·1 days of 90°+ a year
West Virginia rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in West Virginia
Shady Spring has the coolest summers of West Virginia’s 59 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 79° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 85°; 1 of the 59 stay under 80°.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
79°
#2Beckley
Raleigh County · 16,373 peopleJuly high·January low 23°·0 days of 90°+ a year
#3Bluefield
Mercer County · 9,158 peopleJuly high·January low 23°·2 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 30 towns here).
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Which West Virginia town has the coolest summers?
Shady Spring (unincorporated, Raleigh County): July afternoons average a high of 79°. Beckley (81°) and Bluefield (81°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (59 in West Virginia): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the West Virginia page.
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