Newport News, 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 Newport News's primary NOAA station, NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP.
The climate verdict for Newport News
Water is the standout signal in Newport News, Virginia: 45.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 60°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.1"
- annual precipitation
- 222 days
- frost-free growing season
Newport News: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093741 · Newport News, VA 60°F mean · 45.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,009
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Knoxville Mcghe…
- PRCP-MID 45.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,536 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093741
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Knoxville Mcghee Tyson, TN (+ 0.1 °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.
- Newport News (this station) 60°F
- Hot Piedmont Triad, NC 60°F
- Near Knoxville Mcghe…, TN 60°F
- Near Clarksville, VA 60°F
- Cold Holland, VA 59°F
Climate Living Index · Newport News
Newport News: 69/100 · grade C
Newport News publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Newport News, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 55 calendar days | 90/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 222 days/year | 78/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.5°F · 8.0° from 67.5°F | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 45.1 in · 10.1 from 35 in | 64/100 · C |
| Summer moisture balance | 68.0°F mean dew point | 22/100 · F |
Newport News · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Newport News is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 39.8°F and warmest-month mean 79.2°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
- 79.2°F
- Coldest month
- 39.8°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 Newport News sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Newport News's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 27% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Newport News sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 69th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 33rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Newport News compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Newport News's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F (9°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.0" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 2.6" | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.4" | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.1" | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.2" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.0" | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.2" | 14.8 | 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 55 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 17, then returns to freezing around December 25, covering 55 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 September 24, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 10 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 129 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Newport News.
Where Newport News Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Newport News earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.0 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Newport News spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Newport News has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.4" and February 2.6". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
How Newport News's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 129 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 45.1" between them, or roughly 0.35 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
222 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,536
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,562
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 8.4 | 54% | 25% |
| February | 62% | 9.0 | 49% | 28% |
| March | 61% | 9.4 | 49% | 26% |
| April | 66% | 8.9 | 49% | 20% |
| May | 71% | 7.9 | 48% | 18% |
| June | 70% | 7.6 | 51% | 10% |
| July | 73% | 7.4 | 51% | 14% |
| August | 74% | 7.5 | 50% | 15% |
| September | 74% | 7.3 | 48% | 20% |
| October | 71% | 7.4 | 54% | 23% |
| November | 67% | 7.5 | 56% | 20% |
| December | 67% | 7.7 | 54% | 26% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Newport News 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 (60°F here).
- Alamo, TN 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Alto, GA 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Bristow, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Corning, AR 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hawley, PA 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Phoenixville, PA 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Farmington, MO 45.2" · 0.0" off
- Winnsboro, SC 45.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Newport News's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Newport News's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,536 annual heating degree days against 1,562 for cooling. Its 39.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Newport News's frost-free season lasts about 222 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 Newport News's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.4°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Newport News carries 45.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Newport News'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 Newport News, 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 Newport News's primary station: NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP (USW00093741). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5156000). Match rule for Newport News: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Newport News 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.