Hot Springs, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hot Springs's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 46.5 inches of precipitation and 25 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.8°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,181 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHot Springs
- Station IDUSC00444128
- Location38.00°N 79.83°W
- Elevation2,244 ft (684 m)
- Population (census place)540
On October 24, the normal high in Hot Springs is 61°F and the normal low 38°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 Hot Springs.
- Jan 40° 22°
- Feb 44° 23°
- Mar 52° 30°
- Apr 64° 39°
- May 72° 48°
- Jun 79° 56°
- Jul 82° 60°
- Aug 80° 59°
- Sep 74° 53°
- Oct 64° 41°
- Nov 53° 31°
- Dec 43° 25°
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 Hot Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.69 in), the least in February (3.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 22°F | 30.6°F | 3.64 | 8.0 | 11 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 44°F | 23°F | 33.5°F | 3.13 | 7.0 | 10 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 52°F | 30°F | 41.0°F | 4.31 | 4.6 | 11 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 39°F | 51.5°F | 4.30 | 0.5 | 13 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 60.0°F | 4.69 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 79°F | 56°F | 67.6°F | 4.31 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 82°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 80°F | 59°F | 69.7°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 74°F | 53°F | 63.3°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 41°F | 52.5°F | 3.14 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 53°F | 31°F | 42.1°F | 3.35 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 43°F | 25°F | 34.1°F | 3.69 | 4.5 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 41°F | 51.4°F | 46.50 | 25.3 | 132 | 5 | 126 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −0.8°C | 92 mm | 20 cm |
| February | 7°C | −5°C | 0.8°C | 80 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 11°C | −1°C | 5.0°C | 109 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 10.8°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.8°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 85 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −4°C | 1.2°C | 94 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00444128; 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 Hot Springs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September 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 USC00444128.
When is the last frost in Hot Springs?
In Hot Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 26 in half of years and after May 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 19 in half of years and before October 5 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 261 year in 10 after May 15; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 191 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hot Springs in zone 6b in ZIP code 24412, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hot Springs's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (25 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00444128; 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 in Hot Springs?
In a normal year in Hot Springs, 5 days a year reach 90°F, 126 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 132 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 126a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 20high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 132a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 100°F, on August 29, 1987; the lowest is −20°F, on December 30, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 69.22 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 68.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00444128; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00444128. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hot Springs?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hot Springs, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.3 |
| February | 70% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 78% | 6.2 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 77% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.4 |
| October | 75% | 3.5 |
| November | 76% | 2.7 |
| December | 70% | 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 Hot Springs need?
A normal year in Hot Springs brings 5,491 heating degree days, 2% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 576 cooling degree days, 37% fewer 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 2,878 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,065 | 0 |
| February | 882 | 0 |
| March | 744 | 0 |
| April | 410 | 5 |
| May | 187 | 34 |
| June | 38 | 116 |
| July | 7 | 197 |
| August | 12 | 160 |
| September | 108 | 58 |
| October | 393 | 5 |
| November | 689 | 0 |
| December | 956 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,491 | 576 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00444128. 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 Hot Springs been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 53.5°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.4°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.1°F | +0.7°F | 42.85 | 15.0 |
| 2022 | 50.9°F | −0.5°F | 49.70 | 24.5 |
| 2023 | 52.5°F | +1.1°F | 36.27 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 53.5°F | +2.1°F | 46.55 | 8.5 |
Over 92 complete years from 1893 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.3°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00444128; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hot Springs's climate compare?
Hot Springs is warmer than 1 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 46. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.4°F is warmer than 47%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hot Springs is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 Hot Springs 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.
- Millboro, VA158 people · 13 mi E
- Warm Springs, VA21 people · 4 mi NE
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 Hot Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in Hot Springs?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Hot Springs?
Yes: 25 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (8.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hot Springs?
May, with 4.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hot Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hot Springs in zone 6b in ZIP code 24412, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hot Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Hot Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 26; in one year in ten it comes after May 15. Waiting until May 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Gathright Dam, VA7 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Covington, VA16 miles from this station, 52.7°F a year
- Frost (3 mi NE), WV20 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Marlinton, WV21 miles from this station, 47.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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