Nora, VA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Nora's primary NOAA station, NORA 4 SSE.
The climate verdict for Nora
Water is the standout signal in Nora, Virginia: 47.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 63/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 46% of station-mapped location scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 63/100
- comfort score, above 46% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.7"
- annual precipitation · 38" snow
- 201 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Nora: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00446125 · Nora, VA 53°F mean · 47.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,774
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Richlands
- PRCP-MID 47.7"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-MID 63/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,943 HDD
- STN-1 USC00446125
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Richlands, VA (+ 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.
- Hot Richland, WA 54°F
- Near Yreka, CA 54°F
- Near The Dalles, OR 54°F
- Nora (this station) 53°F
- Near Richlands, VA 53°F
Climate Living Index · Nora
Nora: 59/100 · grade C
Nora publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Nora, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 63/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 98 calendar days | 76/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 47.7 in · 12.7 from 35 in | 55/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.4°F · 14.1° from 67.5°F | 54/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 38.3 inches/year | 30/100 · F |
Nora · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Nora is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 32.3°F and warmest-month mean 72.0°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
- 72.0°F
- Coldest month
- 32.3°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 Nora sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Nora's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 55th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 25% wettest
- Nora's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 34th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Nora compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Nora's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
63 46th percentile score exceeds 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 3.6" | 11.2" | 23.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.7" | 8.7" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.5" | 5.9" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.1" | 0.5" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (21°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.8" | 1.1" | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| November | 53°F (11°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.9" | 2.1" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.9" | 8.8" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around August 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 98 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 10, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 98 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 January 10, when 51% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 17 at 33%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 158 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Nora.
Where Nora Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 19°F.
Nora 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 and snowfall
Snow: 11.2"
16.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.7"
14.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.9"
13.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
11.9 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.8"
14.9 days with precipitation
Nora spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Nora has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.1" and October 2.8". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Nora's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 158 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 47.7" between them, or roughly 0.30 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.
Winter brings real snow to Nora
Nora averages 38.3 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 27 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 38.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 27 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 8% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,943
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
757
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Nora 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 (53°F here).
- Carlinville, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Clayton, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Doylestown, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Fulton, MO 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Scotia, CA 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Seabrook Farms, NJ 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Tyler, TX 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Du Quoin, IL 47.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Nora
heating led · wet · mid swing
Nora's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,943 annual heating degree days against 757 for cooling. Its 39.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Nora's frost-free season lasts about 201 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Nora coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Nora typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Nora snow peak
January
Nora averages 38.3 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Nora's primary station: NORA 4 SSE (USC00446125). 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 Nora; 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 Nora 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.