Bremo Bluff, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Bremo Bluff's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 46.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.6°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,190 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBremo Bluff
- Station IDUSC00440993
- Location37.71°N 78.29°W
- Elevation225 ft (69 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Bremo Bluff is 71°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bremo Bluff.
- Jan 49° 22°
- Feb 53° 24°
- Mar 61° 30°
- Apr 73° 40°
- May 80° 50°
- Jun 88° 59°
- Jul 92° 63°
- Aug 90° 62°
- Sep 84° 54°
- Oct 73° 41°
- Nov 62° 31°
- Dec 52° 25°
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 Bremo Bluff each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.13 in), the least in February (2.79 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 22°F | 35.5°F | 3.30 | 9 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 24°F | 38.4°F | 2.79 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 30°F | 45.9°F | 4.01 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 40°F | 56.2°F | 3.28 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 80°F | 50°F | 65.0°F | 4.86 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 59°F | 73.1°F | 4.28 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 63°F | 77.5°F | 5.13 | 10 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 62°F | 76.0°F | 3.81 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 54°F | 68.9°F | 4.15 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 41°F | 57.1°F | 3.99 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 31°F | 46.2°F | 3.63 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 52°F | 25°F | 38.7°F | 3.62 | 10 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 42°F | 56.5°F | 46.85 | 113 | 61 | 117 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −5°C | 1.9°C | 84 mm |
| February | 12°C | −5°C | 3.6°C | 71 mm |
| March | 16°C | −1°C | 7.7°C | 102 mm |
| April | 23°C | 4°C | 13.4°C | 83 mm |
| May | 27°C | 10°C | 18.3°C | 123 mm |
| June | 31°C | 15°C | 22.8°C | 109 mm |
| July | 33°C | 17°C | 25.3°C | 130 mm |
| August | 32°C | 17°C | 24.4°C | 97 mm |
| September | 29°C | 12°C | 20.5°C | 105 mm |
| October | 23°C | 5°C | 13.9°C | 101 mm |
| November | 17°C | −1°C | 7.9°C | 92 mm |
| December | 11°C | −4°C | 3.7°C | 92 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Palmyra (7 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 USC00440993; 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 Bremo Bluff?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00440993.
When is the last frost at Bremo Bluff?
In Bremo Bluff, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 5 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 281 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 193 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 16 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bremo Bluff in zone 7a in ZIP code 23022, 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 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°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 USC00440993; 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 Bremo Bluff?
In a normal year in Bremo Bluff, 61 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 117 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 113 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 61a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 117a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 113a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00440993.
How sunny is it at Bremo Bluff?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Bremo Bluff, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| 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 Bremo Bluff record?
A normal year at Bremo Bluff brings 4,343 heating degree days, 19% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,288 cooling degree days, 42% 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 4,023 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 915 | 0 |
| February | 746 | 0 |
| March | 597 | 3 |
| April | 287 | 23 |
| May | 98 | 98 |
| June | 12 | 253 |
| July | 0 | 388 |
| August | 1 | 342 |
| September | 39 | 158 |
| October | 267 | 22 |
| November | 567 | 1 |
| December | 815 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,343 | 1,288 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00440993. 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 Bremo Bluff been warmer than normal?
Over 85 complete years from 1901 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.3°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bremo Bluff's climate compare?
Bremo Bluff is warmer than 46 of the 81 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 50. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.5°F is warmer than 65%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bremo Bluff 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 Bremo Bluff 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.
- Dillwyn, VA439 people · 15 mi SW
- Buckingham Courthouse, VA253 people · 18 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 Bremo Bluff's climate
What is the coldest month at Bremo Bluff?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow at Bremo Bluff?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Palmyra (7 miles away), records 12 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Bremo Bluff?
July, with 5.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.79 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bremo Bluff in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bremo Bluff in zone 7a in ZIP code 23022, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Bremo Bluff?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Palmyra, VA7 miles from this station, 55.3°F a year
- Monticello, VA22 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Crozier, VA23 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Farmville, VA27 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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