Martinsburg climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Martinsburg?

Martinsburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,007 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Martinsburg?

The hottest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2024, reaching 40.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Martinsburg?

The coldest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -26.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Martinsburg?

Yes. Martinsburg gets on average 63.3 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Martinsburg warmed?

Yes: Martinsburg warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Martinsburg?

The wettest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1972, with 166 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Martinsburg?

The windiest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1975, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Martinsburg?

The warmest month in Martinsburg is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Martinsburg?

Martinsburg receives on average 1,007 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Martinsburg?

Martinsburg gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Martinsburg (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,007 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Martinsburg averages 91 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.

Martinsburg has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 79 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 16 July 2024) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 22 January 1984).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MartinsburgWest Virginia

coords: 39.46°, -77.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

12.2°C

Average daily high

17.5°C

Average daily low

7.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,007mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

24.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

91 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

116 d/yr

Annual snowfall

63.3 cm

Average feels-like high

16.1 °C

Average feels-like low

5.3 °C

Average peak gust

36.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

35 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.8 °C

16 July 2024

Coldest day

-26.9 °C

22 January 1984

Wettest day

166 mm

21 June 1972

Windiest day

48.6 km/h

3 April 1975

Strongest gust

114.1 km/h

19 September 2003

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

22 July 2011

Coldest feels-like

-32.0 °C

19 January 1994

Snowiest day

46.4 cm

13 March 1993

Sunniest day

14.5 h

29 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.7 °C24 June 2025	-20.7 °C22 January 2025	13.1 °C	881 mm	57	83
2024	40.8 °C16 July 2024	-13.6 °C18 January 2024	14.1 °C	1,004 mm	63	59
2023	36.7 °C6 September 2023	-11.7 °C4 February 2023	14.4 °C	849 mm	67	51
2022	36.8 °C24 July 2022	-17.6 °C22 January 2022	13.2 °C	1,056 mm	64	89
2021	37.3 °C12 August 2021	-13.0 °C21 February 2021	14.0 °C	960 mm	62	81
2020	37.5 °C19 July 2020	-11.0 °C19 December 2020	14.0 °C	1,044 mm	65	56
2019	37.1 °C20 July 2019	-18.2 °C22 January 2019	13.5 °C	1,117 mm	71	86
2018	35.5 °C2 July 2018	-16.9 °C7 January 2018	12.9 °C	1,595 mm	51	89
2017	35.2 °C20 July 2017	-12.5 °C28 December 2017	13.7 °C	1,047 mm	55	66
2016	37.3 °C25 July 2016	-14.0 °C25 January 2016	13.5 °C	984 mm	71	79
2015	34.6 °C19 July 2015	-18.3 °C29 January 2015	13.1 °C	972 mm	58	80
2014	36.1 °C23 July 2014	-19.6 °C11 February 2014	11.8 °C	996 mm	35	96
2013	36.1 °C18 July 2013	-12.3 °C23 January 2013	12.5 °C	996 mm	49	96
2012	38.4 °C7 July 2012	-11.5 °C4 January 2012	14.0 °C	859 mm	69	72
2011	39.7 °C22 July 2011	-11.9 °C11 February 2011	13.3 °C	1,271 mm	56	89
2010	38.1 °C7 July 2010	-11.1 °C15 February 2010	13.2 °C	964 mm	78	91
2009	35.8 °C10 August 2009	-16.8 °C17 January 2009	12.3 °C	983 mm	33	90
2008	35.2 °C20 July 2008	-12.7 °C21 January 2008	12.4 °C	1,005 mm	35	89
2007	35.7 °C8 August 2007	-18.1 °C17 February 2007	12.9 °C	810 mm	63	90
2006	37.3 °C3 August 2006	-13.3 °C19 February 2006	13.3 °C	873 mm	59	70
2005	35.6 °C4 August 2005	-17.1 °C4 March 2005	12.7 °C	944 mm	59	90
2004	33.2 °C2 July 2004	-16.1 °C2 February 2004	12.4 °C	1,024 mm	31	94
2003	34.7 °C22 August 2003	-16.7 °C18 January 2003	11.4 °C	1,317 mm	26	99
2002	37.1 °C4 July 2002	-16.1 °C7 December 2002	13.1 °C	933 mm	65	82
2001	36.2 °C24 July 2001	-16.6 °C23 January 2001	12.9 °C	800 mm	39	81
2000	33.9 °C11 June 2000	-15.9 °C22 January 2000	12.1 °C	856 mm	31	92
1999	37.0 °C31 July 1999	-13.1 °C6 January 1999	12.7 °C	1,014 mm	49	81
1998	34.2 °C26 June 1998	-13.1 °C1 February 1998	13.6 °C	985 mm	49	60
1997	36.2 °C15 July 1997	-16.9 °C19 January 1997	11.8 °C	858 mm	38	86
1996	33.3 °C20 May 1996	-19.9 °C5 February 1996	11.3 °C	1,527 mm	17	95
1995	38.1 °C15 July 1995	-16.7 °C6 February 1995	12.3 °C	977 mm	56	104
1994	37.3 °C15 June 1994	-26.4 °C19 January 1994	12.2 °C	1,036 mm	54	88
1993	36.3 °C28 July 1993	-19.2 °C25 February 1993	12.1 °C	1,085 mm	59	97
1992	34.5 °C14 July 1992	-13.1 °C19 January 1992	11.6 °C	992 mm	28	83
1991	37.6 °C2 August 1991	-12.7 °C14 January 1991	13.5 °C	823 mm	74	82
1990	37.8 °C4 July 1990	-13.0 °C26 February 1990	13.5 °C	1,093 mm	56	73
1989	36.3 °C11 July 1989	-16.9 °C22 December 1989	11.7 °C	1,183 mm	35	103
1988	39.2 °C16 July 1988	-14.4 °C6 February 1988	12.0 °C	860 mm	61	94
1987	37.1 °C21 July 1987	-20.1 °C28 January 1987	12.6 °C	1,001 mm	58	84
1986	35.4 °C7 July 1986	-16.1 °C14 February 1986	12.3 °C	990 mm	53	89
1985	35.6 °C14 August 1985	-23.3 °C21 January 1985	12.5 °C	959 mm	43	89
1984	34.4 °C11 July 1984	-26.9 °C22 January 1984	12.0 °C	1,054 mm	39	82
1983	38.0 °C20 August 1983	-21.5 °C26 December 1983	12.1 °C	1,184 mm	69	78
1982	34.8 °C18 July 1982	-24.4 °C17 January 1982	11.8 °C	1,015 mm	27	96
1981	35.9 °C20 July 1981	-16.5 °C13 January 1981	11.8 °C	857 mm	39	92
1980	39.1 °C20 July 1980	-15.3 °C25 December 1980	12.2 °C	798 mm	66	101
1979	33.7 °C10 August 1979	-22.9 °C18 February 1979	11.5 °C	1,205 mm	19	91
1978	35.5 °C23 July 1978	-21.2 °C20 February 1978	11.3 °C	1,158 mm	43	99
1977	36.1 °C6 July 1977	-21.4 °C13 January 1977	12.3 °C	946 mm	55	91
1976	33.1 °C26 August 1976	-19.8 °C30 December 1976	11.4 °C	1,054 mm	31	106
1975	36.3 °C2 August 1975	-20.3 °C10 February 1975	12.2 °C	1,203 mm	41	96
1974	34.2 °C3 July 1974	-9.9 °C27 February 1974	12.1 °C	1,004 mm	30	84
1973	35.4 °C28 August 1973	-14.8 °C17 February 1973	12.4 °C	1,190 mm	42	86
1972	34.4 °C21 July 1972	-18.7 °C16 January 1972	11.4 °C	1,368 mm	30	92
1971	33.6 °C8 July 1971	-17.0 °C18 January 1971	11.9 °C	1,169 mm	27	88
1970	34.0 °C2 July 1970	-19.4 °C23 January 1970	11.9 °C	838 mm	52	99
1969	37.7 °C30 June 1969	-17.4 °C25 December 1969	11.7 °C	912 mm	50	116
1968	35.9 °C23 August 1968	-19.3 °C12 January 1968	11.6 °C	879 mm	48	99
1967	34.7 °C13 June 1967	-20.6 °C8 February 1967	11.2 °C	996 mm	29	95
1966	37.4 °C3 July 1966	-15.9 °C29 January 1966	11.3 °C	899 mm	58	105
1965	35.8 °C16 August 1965	-20.0 °C15 January 1965	11.5 °C	780 mm	44	100
1964	35.0 °C30 June 1964	-17.7 °C15 January 1964	11.7 °C	912 mm	53	101
1963	34.9 °C19 July 1963	-23.5 °C29 January 1963	11.1 °C	729 mm	45	107
1962	35.8 °C20 August 1962	-22.0 °C11 February 1962	11.1 °C	968 mm	44	112
1961	35.3 °C31 August 1961	-19.7 °C2 February 1961	11.6 °C	1,039 mm	61	90
1960	33.9 °C2 August 1960	-23.7 °C23 December 1960	11.2 °C	933 mm	36	111
1959	37.3 °C29 June 1959	-13.5 °C20 February 1959	12.8 °C	939 mm	72	95
1958	33.7 °C15 July 1958	-20.7 °C11 February 1958	11.0 °C	959 mm	32	99
1957	37.0 °C21 July 1957	-18.1 °C17 January 1957	12.2 °C	883 mm	47	82
1956	35.6 °C2 July 1956	-11.0 °C25 January 1956	11.8 °C	1,028 mm	33	88
1955	36.4 °C22 July 1955	-16.3 °C3 February 1955	12.1 °C	1,019 mm	41	104
1954	40.0 °C14 July 1954	-21.5 °C18 January 1954	12.4 °C	891 mm	49	94
1953	37.9 °C3 September 1953	-13.2 °C18 February 1953	13.0 °C	856 mm	59	77
1952	37.7 °C26 June 1952	-12.3 °C30 January 1952	12.3 °C	1,234 mm	53	90
1951	35.3 °C27 July 1951	-19.5 °C17 December 1951	11.9 °C	1,023 mm	44	95
1950	33.2 °C26 June 1950	-15.0 °C20 December 1950	11.4 °C	1,175 mm	25	106
1949	35.1 °C10 August 1949	-21.4 °C3 February 1949	12.9 °C	1,000 mm	43	71
1948	37.5 °C28 August 1948	-18.9 °C29 January 1948	11.7 °C	1,113 mm	35	95
1947	34.7 °C11 June 1947	-14.5 °C5 February 1947	11.6 °C	779 mm	29	111
1946	33.1 °C19 July 1946	-15.6 °C24 January 1946	12.1 °C	941 mm	21	79
1945	34.1 °C30 June 1945	-18.2 °C10 January 1945	11.4 °C	1,262 mm	17	98
1944	35.5 °C12 August 1944	-19.5 °C22 December 1944	11.5 °C	1,025 mm	42	107
1943	34.0 °C12 August 1943	-23.2 °C16 February 1943	11.0 °C	833 mm	46	108
1942	34.8 °C19 July 1942	-20.2 °C8 January 1942	11.6 °C	1,244 mm	25	101
1941	35.7 °C28 July 1941	-15.5 °C5 February 1941	11.6 °C	783 mm	36	113
1940	34.6 °C30 July 1940	-17.1 °C26 February 1940	10.5 °C	1,005 mm	18	112

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.4 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

83 d/yr

-8

Annual rainfall

881 mm

-127 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	1.7 °C	-2.2 °C	41 mm	-33 mm
Feb	6.2 °C	+0.4 °C	58 mm	-15 mm
Mar	16.1 °C	+5.0 °C	52 mm	-40 mm
Apr	19.8 °C	+2.1 °C	75 mm	-15 mm
May	22.6 °C	-0.2 °C	209 mm	+105 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+1.6 °C	110 mm	+25 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+2.3 °C	99 mm	+16 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	-0.5 °C	37 mm	-44 mm
Sep	26.7 °C	+1.6 °C	55 mm	-32 mm
Oct	19.5 °C	+0.7 °C	51 mm	-28 mm
Nov	12.7 °C	+0.7 °C	40 mm	-41 mm
Dec	5.2 °C	-0.8 °C	56 mm	-24 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.7 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-20.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

49.5 mm

13 May 2025

Windiest day

36.2 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-26.0 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

12.0 cm

6 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.4 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Martinsburg?

Martinsburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,007 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Martinsburg?

The hottest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2024, reaching 40.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Martinsburg?

The coldest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -26.9 °C.

Does it snow in Martinsburg?

Yes. Martinsburg gets on average 63.3 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.

Has the climate of Martinsburg warmed?

Yes: Martinsburg warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Martinsburg?

The wettest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1972, with 166 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Martinsburg?

The windiest day measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1975, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Martinsburg?

The warmest month in Martinsburg is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Martinsburg?

Martinsburg receives on average 1,007 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Martinsburg?

Martinsburg gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Martinsburg?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Martinsburg between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 46.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Martinsburg?

Yes: Martinsburg has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Martinsburg?

In Martinsburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 22 July 2011, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 19 January 1994.

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