Bolt weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bolt, West Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BECKLEY VA HOSPITAL, 20 km from Bolt; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 43.4 in1101 mm
- Snow a year
- 38 in98 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 13
- Heating degree days
- 5,906
- Cooling degree days
- 351
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 86°30° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bolt in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1916)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1102
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bolt in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2018)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 923
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bolt in March
Highs average 51°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2020)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 803
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bolt in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 36°2°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1976)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 463
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Bolt in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1941)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 225
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Bolt in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1936)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Bolt in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°15°, with 5.4 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1926)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Bolt in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1926)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 100
Bolt in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1932)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 134
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Bolt in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2019)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 439
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Bolt in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1916)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 728
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bolt in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1909)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 983
- Cooling degree days
- 0