Fort Pickett, 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 Fort Pickett's primary NOAA station, FT PICKETT.
The climate verdict for Fort Pickett
Water is the standout signal in Fort Pickett, Virginia: 46.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 58°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 58°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.8"
- annual precipitation · 3" snow
- 202 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Fort Pickett: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00441322 · Fort Pickett, VA 58°F mean · 46.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pfafftown
- PRCP-MID 46.8"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,014 HDD
- STN-1 USC00441322
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pfafftown, NC (+ 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.
- Fort Pickett (this station) 58°F
- Cold Bowling Green, KY 58°F
- Hot Williamson, WV 58°F
- Near Pfafftown, NC 58°F
- Near Charlotte, TN 58°F
Climate Living Index · Fort Pickett
Fort Pickett: 70/100 · grade B
Fort Pickett publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fort Pickett, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 94 calendar days | 78/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 3.3 inches/year | 73/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.6°F · 9.9° from 67.5°F | 68/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 202 days/year | 66/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 46.8 in · 11.8 from 35 in | 58/100 · C |
Fort Pickett · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Pickett is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 37.4°F and warmest-month mean 77.8°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
- 77.8°F
- Coldest month
- 37.4°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 Fort Pickett sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Pickett's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 68th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 27% wettest
- Fort Pickett's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 37th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Pickett compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Pickett's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Fort Pickett's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 36 complete annual observations from 1973 to 2025, FT PICKETT warmed at a fitted rate of 0.29°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fort Pickett primary station fitted change +0.29 °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 | 48°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.7" | 1.5" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 2.9" | 0.6" | 21.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.1" | 0.4" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.8" | 0.8" | 21.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 94 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 26°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 4, then returns to freezing around December 2, covering 94 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 17, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 12 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 12 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 Fort Pickett.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 1.5"
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
9.2 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
9.4 days with precipitation
Fort Pickett spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fort Pickett has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.4" and February 2.9". The three wettest months together take 28% 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 Fort Pickett, it arrives in quantity
46.8" of precipitation falls across only about 105 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 105 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 8
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.
Snow reaches Fort Pickett, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 3.3 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 2 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
202 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,014
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,354
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Fort Pickett 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 (58°F here).
- Big Water, UT 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Gate, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Gladeville, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Independence, KS 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- New Holland, PA 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Johnson, VT 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Connellsville, PA 46.9" · 0.0" off
- Falls Village, CT 46.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Pickett's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Fort Pickett's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,014 annual heating degree days against 1,354 for cooling. Its 40.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Fort Pickett's frost-free season lasts about 202 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fort Pickett's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.4°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Fort Pickett carries 46.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 3.3 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Pickett's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Fort Pickett, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Fort Pickett's primary station: FT PICKETT (USC00441322). 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 Fort Pickett; 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 Fort Pickett 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.