Wheeling climate — normals and trends
Wheeling (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,140 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Wheeling averages 99 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Wheeling has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °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 38.0 °C (on 16 July 1988) and the coldest -29.8 °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
WheelingWest Virginia
- coords
- 40.06°, -80.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,140mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
38.0 °C
16 July 1988
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
133 mm
17 September 2004
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
25 February 1956
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
25 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
22 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
13 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.9 °C | -3.5 °C | 49 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 124 mm | +42 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 72 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 148 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 210 mm | +90 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 146 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 126 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 35 mm | -55 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 112 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 74 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 53 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 81 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wheeling?
Wheeling has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,140 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wheeling?
The hottest day measured in Wheeling between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wheeling?
The coldest day measured in Wheeling between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Wheeling?
Yes. Wheeling gets on average 65.6 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Wheeling warmed?
Yes: Wheeling warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wheeling?
The wettest day measured in Wheeling between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 2004, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wheeling?
The windiest day measured in Wheeling between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1956, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wheeling?
The warmest month in Wheeling is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Wheeling?
Wheeling receives on average 1,140 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wheeling?
Wheeling gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wheeling?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wheeling between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wheeling?
Yes: Wheeling has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wheeling?
In Wheeling, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 22 July 2011, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 19 January 1994.
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