Morgantown weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Morgantown is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with September and May close behind. Morgantown averages about 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 88 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,949
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 1,134 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 31k
- Elevation
- 376 m
When is the best time to visit Morgantown?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Morgantown is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 83 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Morgantown?
Morgantown gets a moderate 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate August (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #423 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,134 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 83 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 82 mm | 2 |
| March | 12 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 87 mm | 3 |
| April | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 100 mm | 5 |
| May | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 116 mm | 6 |
| June | 69 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 115 mm | 7 |
| July | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 119 mm | 7 |
| August | 74 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 88 mm | 7 |
| September | 74 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 86 mm | 5 |
| October | 61 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 91 mm | 3 |
| November | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 74 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 93 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Latrobe United States · 83 km · best in Aug · 1,896 h sun/yr
- Pittsburgh United States · 98 km · best in Aug · 1,929 h sun/yr
- Akron United States · 192 km · best in Aug · 1,967 h sun/yr
- Charlottesville United States · 210 km · best in Apr · 2,308 h sun/yr
- Washington United States · 226 km · best in Aug · 2,293 h sun/yr
- Cleveland United States · 256 km · best in Aug · 1,820 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bridgeport United States · 47 km · 1,990 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Johnstown United States · 119 km · 1,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Parkersburg (Williamstown) United States · 135 km · 2,041 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Altoona United States · 154 km · 1,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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