Clintwood, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Clintwood's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 49.2 inches of precipitation and 38 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.3°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,249 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationClintwood (1 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00441825
- Location37.15°N 82.49°W
- Elevation1,566 ft (477 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population1,313
On October 23, the normal high in Clintwood is 64°F and the normal low 37°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 Clintwood.
- Jan 43° 22°
- Feb 47° 24°
- Mar 56° 29°
- Apr 68° 38°
- May 74° 48°
- Jun 80° 56°
- Jul 82° 61°
- Aug 81° 60°
- Sep 76° 53°
- Oct 66° 40°
- Nov 55° 30°
- Dec 46° 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 in Clintwood each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.31 in), the least in November (2.80 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 22°F | 32.1°F | 3.72 | 11.5 | 16 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 24°F | 35.3°F | 3.91 | 10.5 | 15 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 56°F | 29°F | 42.7°F | 4.42 | 6.6 | 15 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 38°F | 52.5°F | 4.56 | 0.8 | 14 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 48°F | 60.9°F | 4.94 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 80°F | 56°F | 67.7°F | 5.12 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 82°F | 61°F | 71.2°F | 5.31 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 81°F | 60°F | 70.3°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 76°F | 53°F | 64.3°F | 3.25 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 40°F | 53.1°F | 2.83 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 30°F | 42.6°F | 2.80 | 1.1 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 25°F | 35.4°F | 4.25 | 7.6 | 15 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 40°F | 52.3°F | 49.17 | 38.4 | 161 | 3 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −6°C | 0.1°C | 94 mm | 29 cm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 1.8°C | 99 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 5.9°C | 112 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 20°C | 3°C | 11.4°C | 116 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 21.8°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.3°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 72 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 5.9°C | 71 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 8°C | −4°C | 1.9°C | 108 mm | 19 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00441825; 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 Clintwood?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00441825.
When is the last frost in Clintwood?
In Clintwood, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 4 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 291 year in 10 after May 15; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 169 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 192 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clintwood in zone 6b in ZIP code 24228, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Clintwood's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (25 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 USC00441825; 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 Clintwood?
In a normal year in Clintwood, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 161 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 133a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 17high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 161a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 13a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1993) is 97°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −23°F, on February 5, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 69.94 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 90.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00441825; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00441825. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Clintwood?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Clintwood, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (77%) and February the cloudiest (59%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 2.0 |
| February | 59% | 2.6 |
| March | 64% | 3.7 |
| April | 70% | 5.0 |
| May | 72% | 5.6 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 72% | 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 much heating and cooling does Clintwood need?
A normal year in Clintwood brings 5,174 heating degree days, 4% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 592 cooling degree days, 35% 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 3,007 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,020 | 0 |
| February | 832 | 0 |
| March | 693 | 0 |
| April | 379 | 5 |
| May | 162 | 37 |
| June | 30 | 111 |
| July | 5 | 199 |
| August | 7 | 171 |
| September | 83 | 64 |
| October | 373 | 6 |
| November | 674 | 0 |
| December | 918 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,174 | 592 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00441825. 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 Clintwood been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.6°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.3°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.0°F | +0.7°F | 46.20 | 23.6 |
| 2022 | 52.3°F | at normal | 50.08 | 32.0 |
| 2023 | 53.7°F | +1.4°F | 40.24 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 54.1°F | +1.8°F | 46.01 | 20.7 |
| 2025 | 52.6°F | +0.4°F | 49.51 | 43.6 |
Over 30 complete years from 1994 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.4°F per century (+0.35°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00441825; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Clintwood's climate compare?
Clintwood is warmer than 4 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 61. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.3°F is warmer than 51%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Clintwood is Cfb: temperate, 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 Clintwood share this climate record?
9 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.
- Jenkins, KY1,757 people · 9 mi W
- Wheelwright, KY1,051 people · 18 mi NW
- Millstone, KY617 people · 14 mi W
- Pippa Passes, KY583 people · 25 mi NW
- Fleming-Neon, KY545 people · 12 mi W
- Virgie, KY412 people · 14 mi N
- McRoberts, KY303 people · 11 mi NW
- Clinchco, VA230 people · 8 mi E
- Payne Gap, KY217 people · 10 mi W
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 Clintwood's climate
What is the coldest month in Clintwood?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Clintwood?
Yes: 38 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (11.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Clintwood?
July, with 5.31 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.80 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Clintwood in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Clintwood in zone 6b in ZIP code 24228, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Clintwood's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Clintwood?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 15. Waiting until May 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wise, VA12 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Nora (4 mi SSE), VA13 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Breaks, VA15 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Whitesburg, KY17 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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