Warm-summer humid continental
Shady Spring, West Virginia
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 3.5k · 2,700 ft elevation
Living in Shady Spring
Shady Spring has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (56″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% 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.
Shady Spring at a glance
- Population
- 3.5k
- Elevation
- 2,700 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 56″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,516 hrs14th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $192k32th percentile
- Median rent
- $923/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k45th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.113th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6620th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7776th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 23°F | 3.1″ | 15.5″ | 132 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 26°F | 3.1″ | 15.2″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 33°F | 4.0″ | 8.9″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 42°F | 3.6″ | 1.5″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 51°F | 4.7″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 62°F | 5.0″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 61°F | 3.7″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 54°F | 3.2″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 2.7″ | 1.4″ | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 34°F | 2.8″ | 2.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 3.3″ | 11.1″ | 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