Hampton, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hampton's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 47.8 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.4°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,215 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLangley Air Force Base
- Station IDUSW00013702
- Location37.08°N 76.35°W
- Elevation10 ft (3 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population137,596
On October 14, the normal high in Hampton is 70°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hampton.
- Jan 49° 32°
- Feb 52° 34°
- Mar 58° 40°
- Apr 68° 49°
- May 76° 58°
- Jun 83° 67°
- Jul 87° 71°
- Aug 85° 71°
- Sep 79° 65°
- Oct 70° 53°
- Nov 60° 42°
- Dec 52° 36°
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 Hampton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.33 in), the least in February (2.88 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 32°F | 40.6°F | 3.48 | 2.4 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 34°F | 42.7°F | 2.88 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 40°F | 48.9°F | 4.42 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 49°F | 58.1°F | 3.33 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 58°F | 66.7°F | 3.77 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 67°F | 75.0°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 71°F | 79.3°F | 5.33 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 85°F | 71°F | 77.8°F | 4.94 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 65°F | 72.2°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 53°F | 61.3°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 42°F | 51.1°F | 3.27 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 52°F | 36°F | 43.9°F | 3.70 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 51°F | 59.8°F | 47.83 | 2.7 | 110 | 30 | 52 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | 0°C | 4.8°C | 88 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | 1°C | 5.9°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| March | 15°C | 4°C | 9.4°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 20°C | 9°C | 14.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 14°C | 19.3°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 19°C | 23.9°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 22°C | 26.3°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 21°C | 25.4°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 18°C | 22.3°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 12°C | 16.3°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 5°C | 10.6°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 2°C | 6.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013702; 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 Hampton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00013702.
When is the last frost in Hampton?
In Hampton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 15 in half of years and before November 3 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
- March 241 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after March 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 151 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 266 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 10 in half of springs and before November 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hampton in zone 8b across its 9 ZIP code areas (8b in 23666, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00013702; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Hampton ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Hampton's 9 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Hampton?
In a normal year in Hampton, 30 days a year reach 90°F, 52 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 110 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 52a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 110a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 106°F, on July 4, 2026; the lowest is −3°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 67.95 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 28.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013702; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013702. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Hampton, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 69°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 70°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (30°F). March is the windiest month (10.5 mph on average), and November has the most clear or nearly clear hours (58%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 66% | 51% | 9.6 mph | 51% | 25% |
| February | 34°F | 65% | 50% | 10.3 mph | 48% | 27% |
| March | 41°F | 64% | 48% | 10.5 mph | 50% | 24% |
| April | 51°F | 68% | 52% | 10.1 mph | 51% | 21% |
| May | 62°F | 73% | 57% | 8.7 mph | 51% | 18% |
| June | 68°F | 72% | 56% | 8.2 mph | 57% | 10% |
| July | 70°F | 76% | 59% | 7.9 mph | 50% | 14% |
| August | 68°F | 76% | 60% | 8.5 mph | 53% | 15% |
| September | 60°F | 76% | 59% | 8.5 mph | 54% | 18% |
| October | 48°F | 73% | 54% | 8.4 mph | 55% | 21% |
| November | 38°F | 69% | 52% | 8.7 mph | 58% | 18% |
| December | 33°F | 70% | 55% | 8.9 mph | 52% | 22% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013702. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Hampton?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hampton, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 243rd (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.3 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.3 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.5 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 77% | 2.6 |
| December | 72% | 2.0 |
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 Hampton need?
A normal year in Hampton brings 3,461 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,592 cooling degree days, 75% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,646 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 758 | 0 |
| February | 626 | 0 |
| March | 502 | 5 |
| April | 248 | 41 |
| May | 66 | 120 |
| June | 5 | 305 |
| July | 0 | 442 |
| August | 0 | 397 |
| September | 13 | 229 |
| October | 163 | 48 |
| November | 423 | 5 |
| December | 656 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,461 | 1,592 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013702. 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 Hampton been warmer than normal lately?
Over 52 complete years from 1946 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.9°F per century (+0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hampton's climate compare?
Hampton is warmer than 76 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 57. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.8°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hampton 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 Hampton share this climate record?
2 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.
- Poquoson, VA12,854 people · 4 mi NE
- Bethel Manor, VA4,512 people · 4 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 Hampton's climate
What is the coldest month in Hampton?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Hampton?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hampton?
July, with 5.33 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.88 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hampton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hampton in zone 8b across its 9 ZIP code areas (8b in 23666, the largest).
How late can frost come in Hampton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Hampton in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Newport News, VA9 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Norfolk, VA15 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Williamsburg, VA25 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
- N, VA25 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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