Smithfield weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Smithfield, West Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Burton, 21 km from Smithfield; records cover 2005–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50.6 in1284 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 15
- Heating degree days
- 5,725
- Cooling degree days
- 675
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −4°−20° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Smithfield in January
Highs average 39°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2020)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1127
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smithfield in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2017)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 932
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smithfield in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 791
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Smithfield in April
Highs average 65°19° and lows 36°2°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2009)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 436
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Smithfield in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 46°8°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2006)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 188
- Cooling degree days
- 44
Smithfield in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 55°13°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 125
Smithfield in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 60°15°, with 5.7 in144 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2012)
- Record low
- 43°6° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 226
Smithfield in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 58°14°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2024)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 184
Smithfield in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 51°11°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2010)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 97
- Cooling degree days
- 80
Smithfield in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 39°4°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2019)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 404
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Smithfield in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2020)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 718
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smithfield in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2013)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 976
- Cooling degree days
- 0