Rock Cave, WV Climate

Rock Cave, WV has a humid continental climate with hot, humid summers and cold winters. The average temperature throughout the year is around 45°F with temperatures in the summer months ranging from 80-85°F and winter temperatures reaching below 20°F. Precipitation in Rock Cave is abundant throughout the year with an average of 40 inches of rain and snowfall annually. Snowfall varies from year to year, but generally occurs between late November and early April.

Climate	Rock Cave, 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.