Abingdon, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Abingdon's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 47.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.6°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,201 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAbingdon (3 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00440021
- Location36.67°N 81.96°W
- Elevation1,925 ft (587 m)
- Population8,316
On October 22, the normal high in Abingdon is 67°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Abingdon.
- Jan 45° 24°
- Feb 48° 27°
- Mar 57° 33°
- Apr 68° 41°
- May 75° 50°
- Jun 82° 59°
- Jul 85° 62°
- Aug 84° 61°
- Sep 79° 55°
- Oct 69° 43°
- Nov 57° 33°
- Dec 48° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Abingdon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.69 in), the least in October (2.78 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 24°F | 34.5°F | 3.80 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 27°F | 37.5°F | 3.85 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 33°F | 44.9°F | 4.46 | 13 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 41°F | 54.4°F | 4.42 | 12 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 50°F | 62.8°F | 4.39 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 82°F | 59°F | 70.3°F | 4.26 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 85°F | 62°F | 73.5°F | 4.69 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 84°F | 61°F | 72.6°F | 3.84 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 55°F | 67.0°F | 3.32 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 43°F | 55.7°F | 2.78 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 33°F | 45.1°F | 3.25 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 27°F | 37.6°F | 4.21 | 13 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 43°F | 54.7°F | 47.27 | 137 | 7 | 108 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −4°C | 1.4°C | 97 mm |
| February | 9°C | −3°C | 3.1°C | 98 mm |
| March | 14°C | 0°C | 7.2°C | 113 mm |
| April | 20°C | 5°C | 12.4°C | 112 mm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 112 mm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 108 mm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 119 mm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 98 mm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 84 mm |
| October | 20°C | 6°C | 13.2°C | 71 mm |
| November | 14°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 83 mm |
| December | 9°C | −3°C | 3.1°C | 107 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Mountain City (16 miles away), gets 12 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00440021; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Abingdon?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00440021.
When is the last frost in Abingdon?
In Abingdon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 8 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 211 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 205 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 7 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Abingdon in zone 7a in ZIP code 24211, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Abingdon's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (25 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00440021; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Abingdon?
In a normal year in Abingdon, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 108 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 137 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 108a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 137a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1969) is 100°F, on August 17, 1988; the lowest is −21°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 61.36 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 55.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00440021; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00440021. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Abingdon?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Abingdon, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (75%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 2.4 |
| February | 66% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 71% | 5.7 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 74% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.3 |
| September | 74% | 4.6 |
| October | 74% | 3.6 |
| November | 75% | 2.8 |
| December | 68% | 2.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Abingdon need?
A normal year in Abingdon brings 4,610 heating degree days, 14% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 870 cooling degree days, 4% fewer than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,501 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 945 | 0 |
| February | 770 | 0 |
| March | 622 | 0 |
| April | 327 | 9 |
| May | 126 | 58 |
| June | 16 | 175 |
| July | 2 | 266 |
| August | 2 | 238 |
| September | 52 | 112 |
| October | 300 | 13 |
| November | 597 | 0 |
| December | 851 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,610 | 870 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00440021. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Abingdon been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.0°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.7°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.8°F | +2.1°F | 46.52 |
| 2022 | 57.9°F | +3.2°F | 48.58 |
| 2023 | 58.6°F | +3.9°F | 40.78 |
| 2024 | 56.5°F | +1.8°F | 49.15 |
| 2025 | 55.0°F | +0.3°F | 46.17 |
Over 41 complete years from 1971 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.5°F per century (+0.30°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00440021; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Abingdon's climate compare?
Abingdon is warmer than 29 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 53. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.7°F is warmer than 59%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Abingdon is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Abingdon share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Walnut Hill, TN2,480 people · 18 mi SW
- Meadowview, VA922 people · 8 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Abingdon's climate
What is the coldest month in Abingdon?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Abingdon?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Abingdon's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Mountain City (16 miles away), records 12 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Abingdon?
July, with 4.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.78 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Abingdon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Abingdon in zone 7a in ZIP code 24211, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Abingdon's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Abingdon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mountain City, TN16 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Lebanon, VA17 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Saltville, VA19 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Elizabethton, TN27 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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