Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 58 min5:51 am – 8:49 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 23 min7:35 am – 4:58 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 77°F, lows 58°FColdest month January: highs 34°F, lows 18°F57 in of rain a year, on about 120 dayswettest month July171 in of snow a year, on about 62 days0 days above 90°F, 127 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Terra Alta #1 station, 8 mi away
Parks and public landsKingwood City Parkpark · under a mileBriery Mountain Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 3.8 mi · 1,252 acresCheat Canyon Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 5.2 mi · 3,806 acresFairfax Pond / Rehe Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 5.7 mi · 631 acresUpper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 7.4 mi · 56 acresCannon Hill Parkpark · 7.2 mi · 60 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowPreston County, WV, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively LowRiver flooding Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality87% of days had good air in 2025318 of 365 days measured47 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 80main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Garrett County, MD, 23 mi away
Drinking waterPreston County PSD 4serves 8,753 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20214 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,534 ft468 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalVandalia Health Mon Preston Memorial Hospitalunder a milePost officeKingwood Post Office1.0 miTown hallKingwood City Hallunder a milePoliceKingwood Police Departmentunder a mileFire stationKingwood Volunteer Fire Departmentunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 highMiddleCentral Preston Middle Schoolunder a mileHighPreston High Schoolunder a mileElementaryKingwood Elementary Schoolunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportMorgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field MGW18 miMajor airportPittsburgh International Airport PIT77 miInterstateI-6813 miUS highwayUS 508.9 miAmtrakConnellsville, PA COV39 miCoachMorgantown Mt LineBarons Bus Lines20 miTransit5 stops within a mileBuckwheat ExpressSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 26535 ZIP area.
