Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 58 min5:52 am – 8:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 22 min7:36 am – 4:58 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 84°F, lows 64°FColdest month January: highs 40°F, lows 24°F43 in of rain a year, on about 93 dayswettest month July14 in of snow a year, on about 9 days13 days above 90°F, 102 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Morgantown Hart Fld station, 3 mi away; snow from Lake Lynn
Nearby landmarksCheat Lakelake · 4.4 miWillie Kyle Springspring · 1.0 miHighland Dairy Farm Springspring · 1.3 miWest Virginia Junior College Morgantown Campuscollege · 3.7 miWest Virginia Universitycollege · 3.7 miTibbs Run Reservoirreservoir · 2.1 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsCoopers Rock State Park (Mont Chateau??)state park · 4.3 miTibbs Run Reservoirrecreation area · 2.0 mi · 81 acresWV Botanic Gardenpark · 2.0 mi · 73 acresSnake Hill Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 3.4 mi · 2,959 acresUpper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 7.4 mi · 56 acresLittle Indian Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 8.9 mi · 1,043 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowMonongalia County, WV, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateRiver flooding Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality80% of days had good air in 2025217 of 272 days measured54 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 42, worst day 105main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Monongalia County monitors, WV
Drinking waterMorgantown Utility Boardserves 66,851 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20211 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,000 ft305 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalWest Virginia University Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital4.7 miPost officeDellslow Post Office1.9 miTown hallMorgantown City Hall3.6 miPoliceMorgantown Police Department3.6 miFire stationBrookhaven Volunteer Fire Department Company 12under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools1 elementary, 1 otherElementaryBrookhaven Elementary Schoolunder a mileSchoolTrinity Christian School1.6 miCollegeWest Virginia Junior College Morgantown Campus3.7 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportMorgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field MGW2.9 miMajor airportPittsburgh International Airport PIT64 miInterstateI-681.6 miUS highwayUS 1193.2 miAmtrakConnellsville, PA COV33 miLight railWalnutMorgantown Personal Rapid Transit3.7 miCoachMorgantown Mt LineBarons Bus Lines4.7 miTransit4 stops within a mileMountain Line Transit Authority (MLTA)Sources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 26531 ZIP area.
