Is this weather normal in Mercer County?

West Virginia · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Mercer County has warmed about 0.4° per decade since 1970. September 2026 averaged 66.7° there, 2.8° above the usual for September (17th warmest of 132).

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 59°, lows near 37°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Mercer County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: -1.7°OctNov: -0.7°NovDec: -1.5°DecJan 2026: -4.0°JanFeb: -2.9°FebMar: +6.5°MarApr: +4.3°AprMay: -2.0°MayJun: -0.7°JunJul: +1.1°JulAug: +0.5°AugSep: +2.8°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -0.6 inOctNov: -0.5 inNovDec: -0.7 inDecJan 2026: -0.7 inJanFeb: -0.2 inFebMar: -2.1 inMarApr: -1.8 inAprMay: -0.5 inMayJun: +0.6 inJunJul: +2.4 inJulAug: +1.6 inAugSep: -0.1 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Mercer County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January41° / 23°3.1 in44.1° 195017.9° 1977
February45° / 26°2.9 in42.9° 201823.6° 1978
March53° / 32°3.9 in52.9° 201227.2° 1960
April65° / 40°3.8 in57.4° 189644.2° 1907
May72° / 48°4.7 in67.7° 189654.4° 1917
June79° / 56°4.0 in73.0° 194361.6° 1972
July82° / 60°4.4 in75.2° 193466.3° 1918
August80° / 59°3.5 in74.5° 200764.3° 1946
September75° / 53°3.3 in69.7° 192557.0° 1967
October65° / 42°2.8 in61.1° 191945.0° 1988
November54° / 32°2.5 in51.0° 198535.1° 1976
December44° / 27°3.3 in47.5° 201522.8° 1917

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

Towns in Mercer County

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