Nora (4 mi SSE), Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Nora (4 mi SSE)'s normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 47.7 inches of precipitation and 38 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.9°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,211 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNora (4 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00446125
- Location37.02°N 82.32°W
- Elevation2,658 ft (810 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Nora (4 mi SSE) is 62°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 36%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Nora (4 mi SSE).
- Jan 40° 24°
- Feb 44° 27°
- Mar 52° 34°
- Apr 63° 44°
- May 71° 52°
- Jun 77° 61°
- Jul 80° 64°
- Aug 80° 63°
- Sep 75° 58°
- Oct 64° 47°
- Nov 53° 36°
- Dec 44° 29°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Nora (4 mi SSE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.13 in), the least in October (2.75 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 24°F | 32.3°F | 3.62 | 11.2 | 16 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 44°F | 27°F | 35.6°F | 3.74 | 8.7 | 15 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 52°F | 34°F | 43.0°F | 4.47 | 5.9 | 14 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 44°F | 53.2°F | 4.06 | 0.5 | 12 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 52°F | 61.5°F | 4.48 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 77°F | 61°F | 69.2°F | 4.91 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 64°F | 72.0°F | 5.13 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 80°F | 63°F | 71.7°F | 4.18 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 75°F | 58°F | 66.3°F | 3.53 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 47°F | 55.6°F | 2.75 | 1.1 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 53°F | 36°F | 44.4°F | 2.91 | 2.1 | 11 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 29°F | 36.4°F | 3.90 | 8.8 | 15 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 45°F | 53.4°F | 47.68 | 38.3 | 158 | 1 | 95 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −4°C | 0.2°C | 92 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 7°C | −3°C | 2.0°C | 95 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 11°C | 1°C | 6.1°C | 114 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 17°C | 6°C | 11.8°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 21°C | 11°C | 16.4°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 16°C | 20.7°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 18°C | 22.2°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 17°C | 22.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 14°C | 19.1°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 8°C | 13.1°C | 70 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 11°C | 2°C | 6.9°C | 74 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 6°C | −1°C | 2.4°C | 99 mm | 22 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00446125; 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.
Which months are mildest at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
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 (10).
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 USC00446125.
When is the last frost at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
In Nora (4 mi SSE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 21 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 141 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after March 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 200 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nora (4 mi SSE) in zone 7a in ZIP code 24272, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00446125; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
In a normal year in Nora (4 mi SSE), 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 95 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 158 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 95a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 27high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 158a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 13a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00446125.
How sunny is it at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Nora (4 mi SSE), 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (77%) and February the cloudiest (59%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 2.0 |
| February | 59% | 2.6 |
| March | 64% | 3.7 |
| April | 70% | 5.0 |
| May | 72% | 5.6 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 72% | 3.4 |
| November | 71% | 2.5 |
| December | 61% | 1.8 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Nora (4 mi SSE) record?
A normal year at Nora (4 mi SSE) brings 4,943 heating degree days, 8% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 757 cooling degree days, 17% 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 3,331 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,013 | 0 |
| February | 823 | 0 |
| March | 685 | 1 |
| April | 363 | 10 |
| May | 156 | 47 |
| June | 16 | 143 |
| July | 5 | 220 |
| August | 4 | 212 |
| September | 66 | 105 |
| October | 307 | 18 |
| November | 620 | 1 |
| December | 885 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,943 | 757 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00446125. 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.
Have recent years at Nora (4 mi SSE) been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 55.5°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.4°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.3°F | +0.9°F | 40.03 | 30.2 |
| 2022 | 53.5°F | +0.1°F | 54.36 | 38.1 |
| 2023 | 54.9°F | +1.5°F | 38.05 | 7.9 |
| 2024 | 55.5°F | +2.1°F | 52.57 | 26.5 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00446125. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Nora (4 mi SSE)'s climate compare?
Nora (4 mi SSE) is warmer than 14 of the 81 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 56. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.4°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Nora (4 mi SSE) 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 Nora (4 mi SSE) share this climate record?
3 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.
- Castlewood, VA1,120 people · 9 mi S
- St. Paul, VA835 people · 8 mi S
- Dante, VA588 people · 3 mi SE
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 Nora (4 mi SSE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
Yes: 38 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (11.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
July, with 5.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.75 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Nora (4 mi SSE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Nora (4 mi SSE) in zone 7a in ZIP code 24272, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Nora (4 mi SSE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Clintwood, VA13 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Wise, VA14 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Lebanon, VA17 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Breaks, VA19 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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