Hinton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hinton, 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 Raleigh County Airport, 25 km from Hinton; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 43.5 in1106 mm
- Snow a year
- 56 in142 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 26
- First fall freeze
- Oct 17
- Heating degree days
- 5,060
- Cooling degree days
- 665
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 5°−15° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hinton in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 24°−4°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation and 16 in39 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1916)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1015
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hinton in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 15 in39 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2023)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 829
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hinton in March
Highs average 53°11° and lows 33°1°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2020)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 690
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Hinton in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 43°6°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1925)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 358
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Hinton in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°11°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1941)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 162
- Cooling degree days
- 47
Hinton in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 59°15°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 31
- Cooling degree days
- 128
Hinton in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 62°17°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1926)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 209
Hinton in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 61°16°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1926)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 179
Hinton in September
Highs average 74°24° and lows 55°13°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1932)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Hinton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 44°7°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2019)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 343
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Hinton in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 35°2°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1916)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 632
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Hinton in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1909)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 900
- Cooling degree days
- 0