Hot-summer humid continental
Cheat Lake, West Virginia
Monongalia County, West Virginia · Population 10k · 984 ft elevation
Living in Cheat Lake
Cheat Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets light snow (14″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Cheat Lake: about 7% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Cheat Lake at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 984 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 14″50th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,349 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $346k65th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,113/mo43th percentile
- Median household income
- $111k81th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.315th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%51th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7225th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,608 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 22°F | 3.2″ | 5.2″ | 107 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 23°F | 2.7″ | 5.6″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 29°F | 3.6″ | 1.7″ | 168 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 39°F | 3.8″ | — | 205 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 49°F | 4.7″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 58°F | 4.7″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 63°F | 4.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 3.9″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 3.8″ | — | 234 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 3.3″ | 0.2″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 33°F | 3.3″ | 0.1″ | 153 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 27°F | 3.4″ | 1.6″ | 103 hrs |
Near Cheat Lake
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology