Climate in Zip 24366 (Rocky Gap, VA)

Rocky Gap (zip 24366), Virginia gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Rocky Gap (zip 24366) averages 30 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 189 sunny days per year in Rocky Gap (zip 24366). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Rocky Gap (zip 24366) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 146 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 30 inches of snow a year

BESTPLACES COMFORT INDEX

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 24366 zip code is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Virginia.

July is the hottest month for the 24366 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.7°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Virginia. In the 24366 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 24366 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 24366 zip code, there are 2.2 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Virginia.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 24366 zip code with an average of 22.3°. This is colder than most places in Virginia.

In the 24366 zip code, there are 114.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Virginia.

In the 24366 zip code, there are 1.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Virginia.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 24366 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

July is the wettest month in the 24366 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.7 inches in the 24366 zip code means that it is one of the driest places in Virginia.

May is the rainiest month in the 24366 zip code with 14.5 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 9.3 rainy days. There are 146.3 rainy days annually in the 24366 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Virginia. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 29.8 inches in the 24366 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Virginia. January is the snowiest month in the 24366 zip code with 10.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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