Dale Enterprise, VA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dale Enterprise's primary NOAA station, DALE ENTERPRISE.
The climate verdict for Dale Enterprise
Dale Enterprise, Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.0"
- annual precipitation · 19" snow
- 185 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Dale Enterprise: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00442208 · Dale Enterprise, VA 54°F mean · 39.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,774
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grantsville
- PRCP-MID 39.0"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,061 HDD
- STN-1 USC00442208
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Grantsville, WV (+ 0 °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.
- Dale Enterprise (this station) 54°F
- Hot Caliente, NV 54°F
- Near Grantsville, WV 54°F
- Near Xenia, OH 54°F
- Near Gabbs, NV 54°F
Climate Living Index · Dale Enterprise
Dale Enterprise: 61/100 · grade C
Dale Enterprise publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dale Enterprise, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.0 in · 4.0 from 35 in | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 127 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.6°F · 13.9° from 67.5°F | 55/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 185 days/year | 54/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 19.4 inches/year | 49/100 · D |
Dale Enterprise · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dale Enterprise is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 32.4°F and warmest-month mean 74.8°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 74.8°F
- Coldest month
- 32.4°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 Dale Enterprise sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dale Enterprise's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 55th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 56th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 46th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dale Enterprise compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dale Enterprise'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
Dale Enterprise's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 120 complete annual observations from 1882 to 2025, DALE ENTERPRISE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.03°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Dale Enterprise primary station fitted change +0.03 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.7" | 4.2" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.2" | 6.2" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.2" | 4.5" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.3" | 0.1" | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.5" | 0.2" | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.6" | 0.6" | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.9" | 3.6" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 127 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 22, then returns to freezing around November 17, 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 3, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 31 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dale Enterprise.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.2"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
11.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
12.9 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
10.5 days with precipitation
Dale Enterprise spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dale Enterprise has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.1" and February 2.2". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
How Dale Enterprise's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 134 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 39.0" between them, or roughly 0.29 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Dale Enterprise
Dale Enterprise averages 19.4 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 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: 19.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 5% 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 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
185 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,061
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
947
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Dale Enterprise 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 (54°F here).
- Bonner Springs, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Brookfield, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Capitan, NM 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Fairfield, OH 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Galesburg, IL 39.0" · 0.0" off
- Delphi, IN 39.0" · 0.0" off
- Perrysville, IN 39.0" · 0.0" off
- Postville, IA 38.9" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Dale Enterprise
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Dale Enterprise's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,061 annual heating degree days against 947 for cooling. Its 42.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Dale Enterprise's frost-free season lasts about 185 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. Dale Enterprise coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Dale Enterprise typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Dale Enterprise snow peak
February
Dale Enterprise averages 19.4 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 Dale Enterprise's primary station: DALE ENTERPRISE (USC00442208). 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 Dale Enterprise; 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 Dale Enterprise 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.