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This is the current conditions weather report for Saint Albans. The report was made 40 minutes ago, at 04:54 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 3 miles per hour / 5.6 kilometers per hour from the northeast (030°). The temperature was 66°F / 19°C, with a dew-point at 66°F / 19°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.85 inHg / 1012 hPa. The relative humidity was 94%. The skies were overcast with light rain.

St. Albans is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers. The population was 11,567 at the 2000 census.

St. Albans was laid out in 1816. Originally, it was known as Philippi, after Philip Thompson, an early settler, the name afterwards being changed to Coalsmouth due to its location at the mouth of the Coal River. The city was then incorporated as Kanawha City in 1868. Its name was changed to St. Albans in 1871 after it was suggested by a man named Parsons, a member of the town Council, after his hometown of St. Albans, Vermont.

Main Street, in downtown St. Albans, has been converted to Olde Main Plaza.

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