Morgantown climate — normals and trends
Morgantown (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,295 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Morgantown averages 99 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Morgantown has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 7 July 1988) and the coldest -28.4 °C (on 19 January 1994).
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
MorgantownWest Virginia
- coords
- 39.63°, -79.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,295mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
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
37.1 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest day
-28.4 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
93 mm
15 October 1954
Windiest day
41.7 km/h
3 April 1975
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
25 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
15 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
35.2 cm
13 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.8 °C | -3.9 °C | 68 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 125 mm | +31 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 82 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 145 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 225 mm | +89 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 143 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 123 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 34 mm | -72 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 116 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 86 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 77 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 94 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Morgantown?
Morgantown has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,295 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Morgantown?
The hottest day measured in Morgantown between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1988, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Morgantown?
The coldest day measured in Morgantown between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -28.4 °C.
Does it snow in Morgantown?
Yes. Morgantown gets on average 78.6 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Morgantown warmed?
Yes: Morgantown warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Morgantown?
The wettest day measured in Morgantown between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Morgantown?
The windiest day measured in Morgantown between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1975, with winds reaching 41.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Morgantown?
The warmest month in Morgantown is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Morgantown?
Morgantown receives on average 1,295 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Morgantown?
Morgantown gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Morgantown?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Morgantown between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 35.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Morgantown?
Yes: Morgantown has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Morgantown?
In Morgantown, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 21 January 1985.
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