(Stacker) — It’s almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in West Virginia using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
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#25. Roane County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.5 degrees
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#24. Lewis County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees
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#23. Pleasants County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.1 degrees
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#22. Clay County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.7 degrees
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#21. Calhoun County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.8 degrees
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#20. Wirt County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.8 degrees
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#19. Ritchie County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees
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#18. Mason County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: -0.1 degrees
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#17. Harrison County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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#16. Doddridge County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees
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#15. Mineral County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
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#14. Jackson County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.4 degrees
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#13. Boone County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.6 degrees
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#12. Gilmer County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees
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#11. Morgan County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees
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#10. Wood County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.1 degrees
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#9. Logan County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.6 degrees
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#8. Kanawha County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.8 degrees
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#7. Berkeley County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees
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#6. Putnam County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.8 degrees
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#5. Jefferson County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees
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#4. Mingo County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 0.9 degrees
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#3. Cabell County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees
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#2. Lincoln County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.1 degrees
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#1. Wayne County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees