West Jefferson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in West Jefferson, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Jefferson 2 E, 7 km from West Jefferson; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 51 in1294 mm
- Snow a year
- 14 in37 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 5,449
- Cooling degree days
- 408
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
West Jefferson in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1914)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 1004
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Jefferson in February
Highs average 47°8° and lows 24°−4°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1918)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 832
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Jefferson in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1929)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 733
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Jefferson in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 36°2°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1896)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 460
- Cooling degree days
- 1
West Jefferson in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 45°7°, with 5.3 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1896)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 223
- Cooling degree days
- 14
West Jefferson in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 53°12°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1925)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 75
West Jefferson in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°14°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1926)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 151
West Jefferson in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1925)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 122
West Jefferson in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 50°10°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1925)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 109
- Cooling degree days
- 41
West Jefferson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 39°4°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1919)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 407
- Cooling degree days
- 4
West Jefferson in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2003)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 692
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Jefferson in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1943)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 907
- Cooling degree days
- 0