Kanawha, WV Climate

Kanawha, WV has a humid continental climate, characterized by warm to hot summers and cold winters. The area experiences an average of 40 inches of precipitation annually, with snow in the winter months and thunderstorms during the summer. Winters are generally cold with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing for any extended period of time. Summers can be quite hot, and humidity levels are typically high.

Climate	Kanawha, 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.