Warm-summer humid continental
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 8.1k · 2,001 ft elevation
Living in Oak Hill
Oak Hill has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (56″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 30 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 Oak Hill: about 6% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,900 ft around town.
Oak Hill at a glance
- Population
- 8.1k
- Elevation
- 2,001 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 56″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,505 hrs13th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $110k8th percentile
- Median rent
- $826/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.71%27th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 29%
- Violent crime rate
- 92 per 100k29th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 590 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5312th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 19%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,936 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 23°F | 3.5″ | 15.5″ | 117 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 25°F | 3.3″ | 15.2″ | 123 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 31°F | 4.2″ | 8.9″ | 176 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 41°F | 4.2″ | 1.5″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 5.1″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 5.5″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 61°F | 4.6″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 3.7″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 43°F | 2.9″ | 1.4″ | 197 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 34°F | 2.9″ | 2.3″ | 168 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 27°F | 3.9″ | 11.1″ | 117 hrs |
Near Oak Hill
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology