Burkes Garden, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Burkes Garden's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 47.6 inches of precipitation and 47 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.7°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,208 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBurkes Garden
- Station IDUSC00441209
- Location37.09°N 81.34°W
- Elevation3,068 ft (935 m)
On October 8, the normal high in Burkes Garden is 66°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 36%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Burkes Garden.
- Jan 39° 21°
- Feb 42° 23°
- Mar 50° 29°
- Apr 61° 37°
- May 69° 46°
- Jun 76° 54°
- Jul 79° 57°
- Aug 78° 56°
- Sep 73° 49°
- Oct 63° 38°
- Nov 52° 29°
- Dec 43° 24°
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 Burkes Garden each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.72 in), the least in November (2.96 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 21°F | 30.1°F | 3.98 | 13.2 | 15 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 42°F | 23°F | 32.6°F | 3.67 | 11.4 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 50°F | 29°F | 39.7°F | 4.42 | 9.1 | 14 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 37°F | 49.1°F | 4.05 | 1.3 | 13 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 57.2°F | 4.72 | 0.0 | 16 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 76°F | 54°F | 64.7°F | 4.27 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 79°F | 57°F | 68.0°F | 4.62 | 0.0 | 16 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 78°F | 56°F | 66.6°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 73°F | 49°F | 60.9°F | 3.64 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 38°F | 50.2°F | 3.16 | 0.6 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 52°F | 29°F | 40.1°F | 2.96 | 2.2 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 43°F | 24°F | 33.4°F | 4.05 | 9.1 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 47.57 | 46.9 | 161 | <1 | 141 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −1.1°C | 101 mm | 34 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.3°C | 93 mm | 29 cm |
| March | 10°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 112 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 103 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.0°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 14°C | 20.0°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 80 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 11°C | −2°C | 4.5°C | 75 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 6°C | −5°C | 0.8°C | 103 mm | 23 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00441209; 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 Burkes Garden?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (11).
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 USC00441209.
When is the last frost at Burkes Garden?
In Burkes Garden, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 6 in half of years and before September 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
- May 91 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 61 year in 10 before September 20; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 150 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 172 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 28 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burkes Garden in zone 6b in ZIP code 24318, 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 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (29 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 USC00441209; 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 Burkes Garden?
In a normal year in Burkes Garden, a 90°F day is rare, 141 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 161 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 141a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 29high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 161a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 97°F, on July 28, 1930; the lowest is −27°F, on December 30, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 62.00 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 111.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00441209; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00441209. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Burkes Garden?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Burkes Garden, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and February the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 2.0 |
| February | 60% | 2.7 |
| March | 65% | 3.8 |
| April | 70% | 5.0 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 74% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.5 |
| October | 71% | 3.4 |
| November | 71% | 2.5 |
| December | 61% | 1.8 |
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 Burkes Garden record?
A normal year at Burkes Garden brings 5,967 heating degree days, 11% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 301 cooling degree days, 67% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,370 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,082 | 0 |
| February | 906 | 0 |
| March | 784 | 0 |
| April | 477 | 1 |
| May | 252 | 12 |
| June | 69 | 59 |
| July | 22 | 116 |
| August | 36 | 84 |
| September | 152 | 27 |
| October | 461 | 3 |
| November | 747 | 0 |
| December | 980 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,967 | 301 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00441209. 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 Burkes Garden been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 49.1°F, 0.3°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 49.4°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49.9°F | +0.5°F | 44.37 | 28.5 |
| 2022 | 49.3°F | −0.1°F | 55.76 | 25.4 |
| 2023 | 50.1°F | +0.7°F | 47.23 | 11.8 |
| 2024 | 50.8°F | +1.4°F | 50.60 | 21.0 |
| 2025 | 49.1°F | −0.3°F | 51.62 | 39.4 |
Over 96 complete years from 1898 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.1°F per century (−0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00441209; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Burkes Garden's climate compare?
Burkes Garden is warmer than 0 of the 81 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 55. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.4°F is warmer than 38%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Burkes Garden is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 Burkes Garden 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.
- Atkins, VA1,026 people · 16 mi S
- Gratton, VA797 people · 6 mi NW
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 Burkes Garden's climate
What is the coldest month at Burkes Garden?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow at Burkes Garden?
Yes: 47 inches in a normal year, falling on 25 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (13.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Burkes Garden?
May, with 4.72 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.96 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Burkes Garden in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Burkes Garden in zone 6b in ZIP code 24318, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Burkes Garden?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bland, VA12 miles from this station, 50.9°F a year
- Bluefield, WV16 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Wytheville, VA16 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Elkhorn, WV21 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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