Copper Hill, VA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Copper Hill's primary NOAA station, COPPER HILL.
The climate verdict for Copper Hill
Water is the standout signal in Copper Hill, Virginia: 49.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.9"
- annual precipitation · 18" snow
- 187 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Copper Hill: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00441999 · Copper Hill, VA 51°F mean · 49.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Webster Springs
- PRCP-MID 49.9"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,480 HDD
- STN-1 USC00441999
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Webster Springs, WV (+ 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.
- Hot Bluefield, WV 52°F
- Copper Hill (this station) 51°F
- Near Webster Springs, WV 51°F
- Near Estancia, NM 51°F
- Near Floyd, VA 51°F
Climate Living Index · Copper Hill
Copper Hill: 52/100 · grade D
Copper Hill publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Copper Hill, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 127 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 18.4 inches/year | 51/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 49.9 in · 14.9 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.2°F · 16.3° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
Copper Hill · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Copper Hill is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 31.1°F and warmest-month mean 70.6°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 70.6°F
- Coldest month
- 31.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Copper Hill sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Copper Hill's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 46th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 19% wettest
- Copper Hill's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 33rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Copper Hill compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Copper Hill's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 3.6" | 5.3" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.9" | 5.4" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.9" | 3.0" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.2" | 0.6" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.6" | 0.4" | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.6" | 3.7" | 20.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 127 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 23, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 127 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 27, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 7 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Copper Hill.
Where Copper Hill Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 50 inches.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Copper Hill earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.3"
10.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
11.7 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
8.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
10.7 days with precipitation
Copper Hill spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Copper Hill has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.4" and February 2.9". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Copper Hill, it arrives in quantity
49.9" of precipitation falls across only about 134 wet days here, averaging 0.37 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 134 a year, 37% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.37 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Copper Hill
Copper Hill averages 18.4 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 18.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 4% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,480
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
488
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Copper Hill 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 (51°F here).
- Bellingham, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, IA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Burlington, IA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Chicago, IL 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Clayton, NC 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Crescent City, FL 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Camden, NY 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Fernandina Beach, FL 49.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Copper Hill
heating led · wet · mid swing
Copper Hill's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,480 annual heating degree days against 488 for cooling. Its 39.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Copper Hill's frost-free season lasts about 187 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Copper Hill coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Copper Hill typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Copper Hill snow peak
February
Copper Hill averages 18.4 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Copper Hill's primary station: COPPER HILL (USC00441999). 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 Copper Hill; 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 Copper Hill 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.