Warm-summer humid continental
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 2.9k · 1,808 ft elevation
Living in Fayetteville
Fayetteville has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (68″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% 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 Fayetteville: about 5% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,000 ft around town.
Fayetteville at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 1,808 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 68″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,505 hrs13th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $165k23th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,035/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $60k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.57%14th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.012th percentile
- Average commute
- 32 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 29%
- Violent crime rate
- 74 per 100k23th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,545 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5312th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,001 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 21°F | 3.3″ | 21.1″ | 117 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 23°F | 3.0″ | 14.8″ | 123 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 29°F | 4.2″ | 12.8″ | 176 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 38°F | 4.3″ | 3.2″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 5.0″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.7″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 5.9″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 4.2″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 3.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 41°F | 3.1″ | 2.0″ | 197 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 31°F | 3.1″ | 1.8″ | 168 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 25°F | 3.7″ | 11.9″ | 116 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