Warm-summer humid continental
Summersville, West Virginia
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 3.4k · 1,880 ft elevation
Living in Summersville
Summersville has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it is a snowy place (68″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 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 Summersville: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Summersville at a glance
- Population
- 3.4k
- Elevation
- 1,880 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 68″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,401 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $210k37th percentile
- Median rent
- $570/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k19th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.53%11th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 61 per 100k18th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,726 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5815th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,559 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 20°F | 3.5″ | 21.1″ | 113 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 22°F | 3.1″ | 14.8″ | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 28°F | 4.3″ | 12.8″ | 172 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 38°F | 4.2″ | 3.2″ | 211 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 5.3″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 5.2″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 5.8″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 4.2″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 52°F | 3.8″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 41°F | 3.3″ | 2.0″ | 190 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 31°F | 3.3″ | 1.8″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 25°F | 3.9″ | 11.9″ | 113 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