Dorothy, WV Climate

Dorothy, WV has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature is around 51°F (10.6°C), with the highest temperatures in summer averaging around 81°F (27.2°C) and the lowest in winter averaging around 27°F (-2.8°C). Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, with an average of 42 inches (107 cm) of rain annually and an average of 40 inches (102 cm) of snow per year.

Climate	Dorothy, West Virginia	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.