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October Weather in Daniels West Virginia, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 67°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 43°F or exceeding 76°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 50°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 60°F.

For reference, on July 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Daniels typically range from 63°F to 79°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 24°F to 40°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in October in Daniels

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in October in Daniels

Average Hourly Temperature in October in DanielsOct112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSepNovvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Maggiora, Italy (4,409 miles away) and Zagreb, Croatia (4,720 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Daniels (view comparison).

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The month of October in Daniels experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 38% to 46%.

The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 62% of the time.

For reference, on January 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 65%, while on September 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 66%.

Cloud Cover Categories in October in Daniels

Cloud Cover Categories in October in DanielsOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SepNovOct 162%Oct 162%Oct 3154%Oct 3154%Oct 1161%Oct 1161%Oct 2158%Oct 2158%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Daniels, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 26% and ending it at 23%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 45% on July 12, and its lowest chance is 23% on October 24.

Probability of Precipitation in October in Daniels

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October in Daniels is essentially constant, remaining about 2.4 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.6 inches or falling below 0.8 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.3 inches on October 29.

Average Monthly Rainfall in October in Daniels

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of October in Daniels, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 9 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 18 seconds, and weekly decrease of 16 minutes, 8 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 10 hours, 37 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 46 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in October in Daniels

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Daniels is 7:20 AM on October 1 and the latest sunrise is 29 minutes later at 7:49 AM on October 31.

The latest sunset is 7:06 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 40 minutes earlier at 6:26 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Daniels during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during October, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:02 AM and sets 14 hours, 47 minutes later, at 8:49 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:36 AM and sets 9 hours, 33 minutes later, at 5:09 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October in Daniels

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October in DanielsOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSepNov7:20 AM7:20 AMOct 17:06 PMOct 17:06 PM7:49 AM7:49 AMOct 316:26 PMOct 316:26 PM7:29 AM7:29 AMOct 116:51 PMOct 116:51 PM7:39 AM7:39 AMOct 216:38 PMOct 216:38 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of October. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in October in Daniels

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in October in DanielsOct112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSepNov00101020202030304050000101020203030304050
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of October 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in October in Daniels

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in October in DanielsOct112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSepNovSep 29:56 PMSep 29:56 PMSep 1710:35 PMSep 1710:35 PMOct 22:50 PMOct 22:50 PMOct 177:27 AMOct 177:27 AMNov 18:48 AMNov 18:48 AMNov 154:29 PMNov 154:29 PM6:20 AM6:20 AM7:55 PM7:55 PM7:24 PM7:24 PM7:39 AM7:39 AM7:08 AM7:08 AM7:03 PM7:03 PM6:16 PM6:16 PM7:42 AM7:42 AM7:58 AM7:58 AM6:18 PM6:18 PM4:50 PM4:50 PM8:08 AM8:08 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Oct 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
1%6:11 AME6:43 PMW-12:29 PMS252,336 mi
2
0%7:08 AME7:03 PMW-1:07 PMS252,595 mi
3
1%8:06 AME7:24 PMWSW-1:46 PMS252,425 mi
4
4%9:05 AMESE7:48 PMWSW-2:27 PMS251,814 mi
5
8%10:05 AMESE8:15 PMWSW-3:10 PMS250,736 mi
6
14%11:07 AMESE8:47 PMWSW-3:57 PMS249,152 mi
7
22%12:10 PMSE9:26 PMSW-4:48 PMS247,031 mi
8
31%1:12 PMSE10:14 PMSW-5:43 PMS244,365 mi
9
41%2:09 PMSE11:11 PMSW-6:40 PMS241,196 mi
10
50%3:00 PMSE--7:38 PMS237,629 mi
11
63%-12:16 AMSW3:44 PMESE8:35 PMS233,848 mi
12
74%-1:27 AMWSW4:21 PMESE9:30 PMS230,111 mi
13
84%-2:40 AMWSW4:53 PMESE10:23 PMS226,736 mi
14
92%-3:55 AMWSW5:21 PME11:14 PMS224,061 mi
15
95%-5:10 AMW5:49 PME--
16
97%-6:25 AMW6:16 PME12:04 AMS222,394 mi
17
100%-7:42 AMWNW6:46 PMENE12:56 AMS221,954 mi
18
99%-9:01 AMWNW7:21 PMENE1:49 AMS222,823 mi
19
95%-10:20 AMWNW8:01 PMENE2:45 AMS224,923 mi
20
89%-11:36 AMNW8:50 PMNE3:45 AMS228,026 mi
21
80%-12:45 PMNW9:48 PMNE4:46 AMS231,797 mi
22
70%-1:44 PMNW10:51 PMNE5:47 AMS235,859 mi
23
59%-2:31 PMNW11:57 PMENE6:44 AMS239,857 mi
24
50%-3:09 PMWNW-7:37 AMS243,506 mi
25
38%1:02 AMENE3:39 PMWNW-8:25 AMS246,611 mi
26
29%2:05 AMENE4:05 PMWNW-9:09 AMS249,061 mi
27
20%3:06 AMENE4:27 PMW-9:49 AMS250,817 mi
28
13%4:04 AME4:48 PMW-10:28 AMS251,895 mi
29
7%5:02 AME5:09 PMW-11:07 AMS252,351 mi
30
3%5:59 AME5:30 PMWSW-11:45 AMS252,259 mi
31
1%6:58 AMESE5:52 PMWSW-12:25 PMS251,697 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Daniels is essentially constant during October, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 37% of the time, while on November 20, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in October in Daniels

Humidity Comfort Levels in October in DanielsOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SepNovOct 12%Oct 12%Oct 310%Oct 310%Oct 111%Oct 111%Oct 210%Oct 210%muggymuggyhumidhumiddrydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Daniels is gradually increasing during October, increasing from 4.0 miles per hour to 4.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.1 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in October in Daniels

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Daniels throughout October is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 38% on October 29.

Wind Direction in October in Daniels

Wind Direction in October in DanielsSWOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SepNovwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Daniels typically lasts for 6.0 months (183 days), from around April 18 to around October 18, rarely starting before March 30 or after May 11, and rarely ending before September 29 or after November 6.

During October in Daniels, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 88% to 19% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October in Daniels

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October in Danielsgrowing seasonOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SepNov88%Oct 188%Oct 1Oct 3119%Oct 3119%69%Oct 1169%Oct 11Oct 2142%Oct 2142%freezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Daniels are increasing during October, increasing by 184°F, from 2,806°F to 2,990°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in October in Daniels

Growing Degree Days in October in DanielsOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312,600°F2,600°F2,700°F2,700°F2,800°F2,800°F2,900°F2,900°F3,000°F3,000°F3,100°F3,100°F3,200°F3,200°F3,300°F3,300°FSepNovOct 12,806°FOct 12,806°FOct 312,990°FOct 312,990°FOct 112,885°FOct 112,885°FOct 212,945°FOct 212,945°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of October, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Daniels is decreasing during October, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 4.6 kWh to 3.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October in Daniels

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October in DanielsOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhSepNovOct 14.6 kWhOct 14.6 kWhOct 313.2 kWhOct 313.2 kWhOct 114.1 kWhOct 114.1 kWhOct 213.7 kWhOct 213.7 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Daniels are 37.743 deg latitude, -81.124 deg longitude, and 2,372 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Daniels contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 876 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,463 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,310 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (4,124 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Daniels is covered by trees (75%) and cropland (19%), within 10 miles by trees (89%), and within 50 miles by trees (92%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Daniels, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Daniels.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Daniels according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Daniels is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Daniels and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Daniels and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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