Hot-summer humid continental
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 3.9k · 2,077 ft elevation
Living in Lewisburg
Lewisburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lewisburg: about 25% 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.
Lewisburg at a glance
- Population
- 3.9k
- Elevation
- 2,077 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,400 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $287k55th percentile
- Median rent
- $803/mo13th percentile
- Median household income
- $53k19th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.47%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 80%8th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%39th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%
- Violent crime rate
- 205 per 100k57th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,346 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 25%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,969 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 21°F | 3.1″ | 8.4″ | 113 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 22°F | 2.9″ | 8.7″ | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 29°F | 3.7″ | 5.4″ | 172 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | 0.6″ | 211 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 4.5″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 279 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 3.8″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 3.4″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 52°F | 3.5″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 40°F | 2.6″ | 0.3″ | 190 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 30°F | 2.5″ | 0.7″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 24°F | 3.5″ | 5.4″ | 114 hrs |
Near Lewisburg
- White Sulphur Springs, WV · 2.6k
- Richwood, WV · 2.6k
- Shady Spring, WV · 3.5k
- Summersville, WV · 3.4k
- Beckley, WV · 17k
- Fayetteville, WV · 2.9k
- Oak Hill, WV · 8.1k
- Princeton, WV · 5.8k
Largest places in West Virginia
- Charleston, WV · 48k
- Huntington, WV · 46k
- Morgantown, WV · 30k
- Parkersburg, WV · 29k
- Wheeling, WV · 27k
- Martinsburg, WV · 19k
- Weirton, WV · 19k
- Fairmont, WV · 18k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology