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New River Gorge (West Virginia)

State: West Virginia

Additional Forecasts: Weather.com

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Sunrise / Sunset: 7:11 AM / 5:08 PM

Today

High/Low

40° / 28°

scattered light rain showers

Chance of Precipitation:

37%/51% (day/night)

Relative Humidity: 70%

Wind speed, sust.: 5 mph

Rain: 0.14 inches

Tomorrow

High/Low

32° / 21°

scattered light snow showers

Chance of Precipitation:

48%/12% (day/night)

Relative Humidity: 74%

Wind speed, sust.: 5 mph

Wind speed, gust: 7 mph

Rain: 0.08 inches

Snow: 1.00 inches

Saturday

High/Low

36° / 19°

Chance of Precipitation:

12%/10% (day/night)

Relative Humidity: 66%

Wind speed, sust.: 3 mph

Wind speed, gust: 6 mph

Sunday

High/Low

44° / 24°

Chance of Precipitation:

4%/20% (day/night)

Relative Humidity: 54%

Wind speed, sust.: 4 mph

Monday

High/Low

44° / 33°

chance of light rain showers

Chance of Precipitation:

43%/30% (day/night)

Relative Humidity: 77%

Wind speed, sust.: 8 mph

Tuesday

High/Low

38° / 28°

chance of light snow showers

Chance of Precipitation:

37%/30% (day/night)

Relative Humidity: 78%

Wind speed, sust.: 7 mph

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
High	39.9	43.9	53.0	63.3	71.5	78.6	82.1	80.9	74.8	64.6	54.1	44.0	62.6
Mean	30.6	33.8	41.9	51.3	59.6	67.2	71.1	70.0	63.7	52.8	43.7	34.6	51.7
Low	21.2	23.6	30.8	39.3	47.6	55.7	60.0	59.0	52.6	41.0	33.2	25.2	40.8
Precipitation (inches)	3.6	3.2	3.9	3.9	4.5	4.2	5.2	4.0	3.5	3.0	3.2	3.4	46.2

Description

This climbing mecca is located in the beautiful New River Gorge National River, with over 1500 routes on impeccable (well, usually) Nutall sandstone. Picture a lush green landscape with miles and miles of picturesque cliffs. Lush means rain, and the locals say that when the weather is good here, it is amazing - but when it's not good, it is downright horrible. Summers can be hot and humid, winters are mild with occasional windows of good climbing, spring and fall are perfect!

Best time to climb: Spring and Fall
Number of routes: over 1500

Climbing Areas in West Virginia

Cooper's Rock
New River Gorge
Seneca Rocks
Summersville Lake