Dale Enterprise, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Dale Enterprise's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 39.0 inches of precipitation and 19 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.0°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 30°C, 991 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDale Enterprise
- Station IDUSC00442208
- Location38.45°N 78.94°W
- Elevation1,358 ft (414 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Dale Enterprise is 64°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Dale Enterprise.
- Jan 42° 23°
- Feb 46° 24°
- Mar 54° 30°
- Apr 65° 40°
- May 74° 50°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 86° 64°
- Aug 84° 62°
- Sep 78° 55°
- Oct 67° 43°
- Nov 56° 33°
- Dec 46° 26°
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 Dale Enterprise each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.08 in), the least in February (2.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 23°F | 32.4°F | 2.71 | 4.2 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 46°F | 24°F | 34.8°F | 2.22 | 6.2 | 9 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 30°F | 42.0°F | 3.21 | 4.5 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 40°F | 52.2°F | 3.27 | 0.1 | 13 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 50°F | 61.9°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 12 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 84°F | 62°F | 73.2°F | 3.81 | 0.0 | 12 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 78°F | 55°F | 66.3°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 43°F | 54.9°F | 2.50 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 33°F | 44.1°F | 2.60 | 0.6 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 26°F | 36.0°F | 2.91 | 3.6 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 42°F | 53.6°F | 39.00 | 19.4 | 134 | 21 | 123 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 69 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 8°C | −5°C | 1.6°C | 56 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 12°C | −1°C | 5.6°C | 82 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 11.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 64 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 66 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.2°C | 74 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00442208; 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 Dale Enterprise?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00442208.
When is the last frost at Dale Enterprise?
In Dale Enterprise, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 9 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 211 year in 10 after May 7; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 204 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dale Enterprise in zone 7a in ZIP code 22807, 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 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°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 USC00442208; 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 Dale Enterprise?
In a normal year in Dale Enterprise, 21 days a year reach 90°F, 123 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 134 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 123a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 134a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 105°F, on July 22, 1926; the lowest is −25°F, on January 14, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 60.72 in; the snowiest season is 1917–18, with 72.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00442208; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00442208. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Dale Enterprise?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Dale Enterprise, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and January the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.2 |
| February | 70% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.0 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.4 |
| October | 74% | 3.4 |
| November | 75% | 2.5 |
| December | 70% | 1.9 |
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 Dale Enterprise record?
A normal year at Dale Enterprise brings 5,061 heating degree days, 6% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 947 cooling degree days, 4% more 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 3,423 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,011 | 0 |
| February | 844 | 0 |
| March | 713 | 0 |
| April | 393 | 7 |
| May | 155 | 59 |
| June | 19 | 195 |
| July | 1 | 306 |
| August | 4 | 258 |
| September | 69 | 108 |
| October | 327 | 14 |
| November | 627 | 1 |
| December | 899 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,061 | 947 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00442208. 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 Dale Enterprise been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 53.7°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.6°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.7°F | +1.1°F | 35.83 | 14.7 |
| 2022 | 52.5°F | −1.1°F | 38.53 | 19.2 |
| 2023 | 54.7°F | +1.1°F | 30.70 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 55.3°F | +1.6°F | 48.47 | 5.2 |
| 2025 | 53.7°F | +0.1°F | 30.34 | 17.6 |
Over 120 complete years from 1882 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.5°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00442208; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Dale Enterprise's climate compare?
Dale Enterprise is warmer than 17 of the 81 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 1. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.6°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Dale Enterprise 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 Dale Enterprise share this climate record?
13 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.
- Harrisonburg, VAalso near: Staunton (22 mi, 54.1°F a year); Big Meadows (24 mi, 47.5°F a year)51,164 people · 4 mi E
- Bridgewater, VA6,826 people · 5 mi S
- Massanetta Springs, VA6,028 people · 7 mi SE
- Broadway, VA4,384 people · 13 mi NE
- Massanutten, VA2,215 people · 12 mi E
- Dayton, VA1,756 people · 3 mi S
- McGaheysville, VA1,155 people · 12 mi SE
- Belmont Estates, VA1,037 people · 1 mi SE
- Port Republic, VA562 people · 14 mi SE
- Keezletown, VA529 people · 8 mi E
- Mount Crawford, VA460 people · 6 mi S
- Linville, VA231 people · 7 mi NE
- Singers Glen, VA144 people · 6 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 Dale Enterprise's climate
What is the coldest month at Dale Enterprise?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow at Dale Enterprise?
Yes: 19 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Dale Enterprise?
July, with 4.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Dale Enterprise in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Dale Enterprise in zone 7a in ZIP code 22807, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Dale Enterprise?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 7. Waiting until May 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Staunton, VA21 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Franklin, WV25 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Waynesboro, VA26 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Big Meadows, VA27 miles from this station, 47.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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