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For the counties around Gauley River National Recreation Area — Fayette and Nicholas counties, West Virginia — 2022 was slightly warmer and much wetter than normal: the 41st-warmest and 11th-wettest year since records began in 1895.
Kayakers on the Gauley River. Photo by Shari Quinn, National Park Service
Weather, climate and this summary
Weather is what the atmosphere is doing over minutes to months — the rain, snow or sunshine outside right now. Climate is the pattern you expect from 30 years or more of it. Put simply: climate is what you expect (a hot summer), weather is what you get (a warm, rainy day).
The Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network tracks ecosystem "vital signs," weather and climate among them, at selected parks in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. These figures are county averages from NOAA's Climate at a Glance program, compared against the 1895–2021 average.
2022 at a glance
| 2022 | vs. long-term average | Rank since 1895 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature | 52.1 °F | +0.6 °F | 41st-warmest |
| Total precipitation | 58.11 in. | +9.96 in. | 11th-wettest |
Temperature
Seven months were warmer than normal, and four — February, March, May and November — ran more than 2 °F above average. January and October were unusually cold.
| Month | Average (°F) | Departure (°F) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3 | −3.5 |
| February | 35.5 | +2.4 |
| March | 45.2 | +3.7 |
| April | 51.0 | −0.3 |
| May | 62.7 | +2.5 |
| June | 67.2 | −0.2 |
| July | 71.8 | +0.8 |
| August | 70.5 | +0.6 |
| September | 63.5 | −0.8 |
| October | 50.1 | −3.4 |
| November | 45.2 | +2.8 |
| December | 35.3 | +1.6 |
2022 temperature rankings by season and for the year; an arrow at the top would mean the warmest on record since 1895, at the bottom the coldest. Winter is January–March, spring April–June, summer July–September, autumn October–December. Image from the National Park Service
Precipitation
Summer was especially wet — July and August each brought nearly 3 inches more than normal — and spring and winter were wetter than usual too.
| Month | Total (in.) | Departure (in.) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 5.50 | +1.74 |
| February | 4.27 | +0.94 |
| March | 2.54 | −1.73 |
| April | 3.37 | −0.59 |
| May | 5.93 | +1.40 |
| June | 6.92 | +2.10 |
| July | 8.34 | +2.84 |
| August | 7.32 | +2.80 |
| September | 4.14 | +0.71 |
| October | 4.10 | +0.90 |
| November | 3.29 | +0.02 |
| December | 2.40 | −1.16 |
2022 precipitation rankings by season and for the year; an arrow at the top would mean the wettest on record since 1895, at the bottom the driest. Image from the National Park Service
The long view, 1895–2022
Since 1895 the two counties have grown both warmer and wetter:
| Trend | Per decade |
|---|---|
| Annual average temperature | about +0.1 °F |
| Annual total precipitation | about +0.15 in. |
Annual average temperature and total precipitation, 1895–2022; dashed lines show the linear trends. Image from the National Park Service
Looking ahead, National Park Service scientists' models project that by 2100 the park's annual average temperature will rise 2.9–8.8 °F (best case to worst case) and annual precipitation 6–11% (Gonzalez and others, 2018).
Rapid climate change is already testing parks in new ways — shifting wildlife migrations, more destructive storms threatening historic sites and facilities, disrupted habitat. See the NPS climate change pages.
Sources
Based on "2022 Weather in Review: Gauley River National Recreation Area," Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network, National Park Service, using NOAA's nClimDiv dataset; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
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