Warm-summer humid continental
Bluefield, West Virginia
Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 9.5k · 2,566 ft elevation
Living in Bluefield
Bluefield has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (40″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Bluefield: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Bluefield at a glance
- Population
- 9.5k
- Elevation
- 2,566 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 40″80th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,516 hrs14th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $101k6th percentile
- Median rent
- $790/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $44k8th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.634th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%57th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 40%
- Violent crime rate
- 365 per 100k78th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 763 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 23°F | 3.5″ | 9.9″ | 133 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 25°F | 3.4″ | 9.9″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 31°F | 4.5″ | 7.5″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 39°F | 4.1″ | 1.4″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 49°F | 4.9″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.1″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 61°F | 4.4″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 3.5″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 54°F | 3.5″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 42°F | 2.9″ | 0.6″ | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 31°F | 3.0″ | 1.7″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 27°F | 3.8″ | 8.7″ | 132 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology