Chase City, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Chase City's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 46.4 inches of precipitation and 5 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.8°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,179 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationChase City
- Station IDUSC00441606
- Location36.78°N 78.48°W
- Elevation510 ft (155 m)
- Population2,057
On October 22, the normal high in Chase City is 69°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Chase City.
- Jan 49° 29°
- Feb 53° 31°
- Mar 60° 36°
- Apr 71° 45°
- May 78° 55°
- Jun 85° 64°
- Jul 89° 68°
- Aug 87° 66°
- Sep 81° 60°
- Oct 71° 47°
- 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 in Chase City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.65 in), the least in November (3.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 29°F | 39.3°F | 3.76 | 3.0 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 31°F | 41.7°F | 3.27 | 0.8 | 7 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 36°F | 48.3°F | 4.07 | 0.4 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 45°F | 57.8°F | 3.66 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 64°F | 74.3°F | 4.26 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 89°F | 68°F | 78.4°F | 4.23 | 0.0 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 87°F | 66°F | 76.6°F | 4.09 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 60°F | 70.2°F | 4.65 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 47°F | 59.0°F | 3.45 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 37°F | 49.2°F | 3.18 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 52°F | 31°F | 41.8°F | 3.77 | 0.8 | 8 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 47°F | 58.6°F | 46.40 | 5.0 | 94 | 40 | 94 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 4.1°C | 96 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.4°C | 83 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 23.5°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 8°C | 15.0°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.4°C | 96 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00441606; 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 Chase City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00441606.
When is the last frost in Chase City?
In Chase City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 19 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 61 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 19; 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 233 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 25 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Chase City in zone 7b in ZIP code 23924, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Chase City's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00441606; 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 Chase City?
In a normal year in Chase City, 40 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 94 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 40a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 94a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1947) is 107°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −1°F, on February 5, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 61.36 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 33.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00441606; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00441606. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Chase City?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Chase City, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.5 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 72% | 4.2 |
| April | 77% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 76% | 3.6 |
| November | 78% | 2.8 |
| December | 73% | 2.2 |
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 Chase City need?
A normal year in Chase City brings 3,752 heating degree days, 30% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,432 cooling degree days, 58% 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 4,354 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 798 | 0 |
| February | 651 | 0 |
| March | 523 | 4 |
| April | 247 | 30 |
| May | 81 | 117 |
| June | 7 | 288 |
| July | 0 | 414 |
| August | 1 | 362 |
| September | 27 | 185 |
| October | 218 | 31 |
| November | 478 | 2 |
| December | 720 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,752 | 1,432 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00441606. 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 Chase City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.4°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.6°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.1°F | +0.5°F | – | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 58.4°F | −0.2°F | 45.58 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 59.1°F | +0.5°F | 45.91 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 59.4°F | +0.8°F | 48.48 | 8.3 |
Over 39 complete years from 1953 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00441606; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Chase City's climate compare?
Chase City is warmer than 63 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.6°F is warmer than 71%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Chase City 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 Chase City 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.
- Fairview, VA271 people · 4 mi N
- Thynedale, VA0 people · 3 mi N
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 Chase City's climate
What is the coldest month in Chase City?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Chase City?
Yes: 5 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Chase City?
September, with 4.65 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Chase City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Chase City in zone 7b in ZIP code 23924, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Chase City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Chase City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; 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
- Clarksville, VA12 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- John H Kerr Dam, VA16 miles from this station, 60.3°F a year
- Keysville, VA17 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Charlotte Court House, VA21 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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