Amelia Courthouse, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Amelia Courthouse's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 45.4 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.7°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,154 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAmelia Courthouse
- Station IDUSC00440187
- Location37.34°N 77.98°W
- Elevation345 ft (105 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Amelia Courthouse is 69°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Amelia Courthouse.
- Jan 49° 28°
- Feb 52° 29°
- Mar 60° 36°
- Apr 71° 45°
- May 77° 55°
- Jun 85° 64°
- Jul 89° 68°
- Aug 87° 66°
- Sep 81° 59°
- Oct 71° 48°
- Nov 61° 37°
- Dec 52° 31°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Amelia Courthouse each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in March (4.44 in), the least in February (2.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 28°F | 38.1°F | 3.66 | 3.3 | 11 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 29°F | 40.6°F | 2.89 | 2.3 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 36°F | 47.8°F | 4.44 | 1.1 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 45°F | 58.1°F | 3.41 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 64°F | 74.4°F | 3.60 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 89°F | 68°F | 78.5°F | 3.90 | 0.0 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 87°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 59°F | 70.4°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 48°F | 59.2°F | 3.79 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 37°F | 49.2°F | 3.38 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 52°F | 31°F | 41.4°F | 3.91 | 1.6 | 11 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 47°F | 58.4°F | 45.42 | 8.3 | 121 | 42 | 92 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.4°C | 93 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.8°C | 73 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 113 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 22°C | 7°C | 14.5°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 15.1°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 99 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00440187; 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.
Which months are mildest at Amelia Courthouse?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00440187.
When is the last frost at Amelia Courthouse?
In Amelia Courthouse, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 20 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 71 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 234 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Amelia Courthouse in zone 7b in ZIP code 23002, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (16 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 USC00440187; 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 at Amelia Courthouse?
In a normal year in Amelia Courthouse, 42 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 92 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 42a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 92a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00440187.
How sunny is it at Amelia Courthouse?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Amelia Courthouse, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.1 |
| April | 74% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 3.5 |
| November | 77% | 2.7 |
| December | 72% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Amelia Courthouse record?
A normal year at Amelia Courthouse brings 3,848 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,466 cooling degree days, 62% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,398 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 832 | 0 |
| February | 683 | 0 |
| March | 539 | 5 |
| April | 241 | 34 |
| May | 83 | 117 |
| June | 10 | 293 |
| July | 0 | 420 |
| August | 1 | 363 |
| September | 31 | 191 |
| October | 216 | 38 |
| November | 478 | 3 |
| December | 734 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,848 | 1,466 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00440187. 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.
Have recent years at Amelia Courthouse been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 59.3°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.4°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.6°F | +1.2°F | 40.35 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 59.3°F | +0.9°F | 48.19 | 0.5 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00440187. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Amelia Courthouse's climate compare?
Amelia Courthouse is warmer than 60 of the 81 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.4°F is warmer than 70%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Amelia Courthouse 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 Amelia Courthouse 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.
- Woodlake, VA7,373 people · 17 mi E
- Amelia Court House, VA1,192 people · 1 mi SW
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 Amelia Courthouse's climate
What is the coldest month at Amelia Courthouse?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow at Amelia Courthouse?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Amelia Courthouse?
March, with 4.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Amelia Courthouse in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Amelia Courthouse in zone 7b in ZIP code 23002, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Amelia Courthouse?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Greenbay (3 mi NE), VA21 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Fort Pickett, VA21 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Farmville, VA22 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Crozier, VA23 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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