Lebanon, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lebanon's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 45.9 inches of precipitation and 12 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.1°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,167 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLebanon
- Station IDUSC00444777
- Location36.90°N 82.04°W
- Elevation1,912 ft (583 m)
- Population3,093
On October 23, the normal high in Lebanon is 66°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lebanon.
- Jan 45° 23°
- Feb 48° 26°
- Mar 57° 31°
- Apr 67° 40°
- May 75° 49°
- Jun 81° 57°
- Jul 84° 61°
- Aug 83° 60°
- Sep 79° 53°
- Oct 68° 41°
- Nov 57° 31°
- Dec 48° 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 in Lebanon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.86 in), the least in October (2.55 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 23°F | 33.9°F | 3.49 | 4.4 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 26°F | 37.0°F | 3.68 | 2.8 | 12 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 31°F | 44.0°F | 4.18 | 2.5 | 14 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 40°F | 53.2°F | 4.12 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 49°F | 61.5°F | 4.42 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 81°F | 57°F | 69.1°F | 4.31 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 84°F | 61°F | 72.5°F | 4.86 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 83°F | 60°F | 71.5°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 53°F | 65.9°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 41°F | 54.4°F | 2.55 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 31°F | 44.0°F | 3.01 | 0.5 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 26°F | 37.3°F | 3.94 | 2.0 | 13 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 41°F | 53.7°F | 45.94 | 12.4 | 141 | 6 | 121 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −5°C | 1.1°C | 89 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 9°C | −4°C | 2.8°C | 93 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 14°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 106 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 19°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 9°C | 16.4°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 16°C | 22.5°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.9°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 5°C | 12.4°C | 65 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | −1°C | 6.7°C | 76 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 9°C | −3°C | 2.9°C | 100 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00444777; 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 Lebanon?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. 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 USC00444777.
When is the last frost in Lebanon?
In Lebanon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 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 251 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lebanon in zone 7a in ZIP code 24266, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lebanon's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (27 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 USC00444777; 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 Lebanon?
In a normal year in Lebanon, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 121 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 141 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 121a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 141a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1989) is 99°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −24°F, on February 6, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 61.86 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 62.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00444777; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00444777. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lebanon?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lebanon, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (78%) and February the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 2.2 |
| February | 62% | 2.8 |
| March | 68% | 4.0 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 76% | 6.2 |
| July | 75% | 5.9 |
| August | 78% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.7 |
| October | 75% | 3.6 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 65% | 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 Lebanon need?
A normal year in Lebanon brings 4,838 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 740 cooling degree days, 18% 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 3,274 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 964 | 0 |
| February | 784 | 0 |
| March | 654 | 1 |
| April | 361 | 7 |
| May | 152 | 44 |
| June | 23 | 144 |
| July | 3 | 235 |
| August | 4 | 204 |
| September | 64 | 93 |
| October | 338 | 11 |
| November | 632 | 1 |
| December | 859 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,838 | 740 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00444777. 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 Lebanon been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.0°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.7°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.5°F | +0.8°F | 39.93 | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 55.1°F | +1.4°F | 41.19 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 55.6°F | +1.9°F | 43.07 | 10.1 |
| 2025 | 54.0°F | +0.3°F | 55.93 | 8.7 |
Over 31 complete years from 1990 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.1°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00444777; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lebanon's climate compare?
Lebanon is warmer than 17 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 38. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.7°F is warmer than 56%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lebanon 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 Lebanon 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.
- Honaker, VA1,192 people · 9 mi NE
- Cleveland, VA134 people · 7 mi NW
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 Lebanon's climate
What is the coldest month in Lebanon?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Lebanon?
Yes: 12 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lebanon?
July, with 4.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lebanon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lebanon in zone 7a in ZIP code 24266, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lebanon's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Lebanon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Saltville, VA15 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Abingdon, VA17 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Nora (4 mi SSE), VA17 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Richlands, VA19 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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