Big Meadows, VA Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Big Meadows's primary NOAA station, BIG MEADOWS.
The climate verdict for Big Meadows
Big Meadows, Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. July is the warmest month at 67°F and January the coldest at 27°F.
- 48°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 171 days
- frost-free growing season
Big Meadows: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00440720 · Big Meadows, VA 48°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #1,990
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bend
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 6,580 HDD
- STN-1 USC00440720
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bend, OR (+ 0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every VA station list.
- Big Meadows (this station) 48°F
- Hot Canby, CA 48°F
- Near Bend, OR 48°F
- Near Alturas, CA 48°F
- Cold Tulelake, CA 47°F
Climate Living Index · Big Meadows
Big Meadows: 41/100 · grade D
Big Meadows publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Big Meadows, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 142 calendar days | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 171 days/year | 43/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.5°F · 20.0° from 67.5°F | 29/100 · F |
Big Meadows · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Big Meadows sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Big Meadows are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 71%
- Among 6,861 stations, Big Meadows sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 35th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | N/A | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 23.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | N/A | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 75°F (24°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 67°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| August | 73°F (23°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 65°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | N/A | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (4°C) | N/A | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | N/A | 24.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 75°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 142 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near January 15.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 3, then returns to freezing around November 14, covering 142 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
April 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Big Meadows.
Where Big Meadows Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Big Meadows earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
171 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,580
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
240
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Big Meadows on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (48°F here).
- Anselmo, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Ardmore, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Butte, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Denison, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Big Meadows's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Big Meadows's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,580 annual heating degree days against 240 for cooling. Its 39.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Big Meadows's frost-free season lasts about 171 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Big Meadows's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.8°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Big Meadows's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Big Meadows's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Big Meadows, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Big Meadows's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Big Meadows's primary station: BIG MEADOWS (USC00440720). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Big Meadows; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Big Meadows comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.