Painter, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Painter's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 47.2 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,199 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPainter (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00446475
- Location37.58°N 75.82°W
- Elevation30 ft (9 m)
- Population272
On October 22, the normal high in Painter is 69°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Painter.
- Jan 48° 30°
- Feb 51° 31°
- Mar 58° 37°
- Apr 68° 47°
- May 76° 56°
- Jun 83° 65°
- Jul 88° 69°
- Aug 86° 67°
- Sep 80° 62°
- Oct 71° 51°
- Nov 60° 41°
- Dec 52° 34°
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 Painter each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.99 in), the least in November (3.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 30°F | 39.3°F | 3.55 | 3.4 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 31°F | 41.1°F | 3.07 | 1.5 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 37°F | 47.4°F | 3.96 | 0.5 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 47°F | 57.2°F | 3.28 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 56°F | 65.7°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 65°F | 74.0°F | 4.44 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 88°F | 69°F | 78.5°F | 4.99 | 0.0 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 86°F | 67°F | 76.4°F | 4.48 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 62°F | 71.2°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 51°F | 61.1°F | 4.28 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 41°F | 50.8°F | 3.05 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 52°F | 34°F | 43.1°F | 3.94 | 1.2 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 49°F | 58.8°F | 47.22 | 6.6 | 119 | 26 | 61 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −1°C | 4.1°C | 90 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 10°C | 0°C | 5.1°C | 78 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 14°C | 3°C | 8.6°C | 101 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 20°C | 8°C | 14.0°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.7°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 21°C | 25.8°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 20°C | 24.7°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 17°C | 21.8°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 11°C | 16.2°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 5°C | 10.4°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 1°C | 6.2°C | 100 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00446475; 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 Painter?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00446475.
When is the last frost in Painter?
In Painter, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 26 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 41 year in 10 after April 19; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 216 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 242 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Painter in zone 8a in ZIP code 23420, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Painter's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00446475; 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 Painter?
In a normal year in Painter, 26 days a year reach 90°F, 61 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 61a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 119a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1955) is 101°F, on July 26, 2010; the lowest is −5°F, on January 17, 1965.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 61.68 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 30.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00446475; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00446475. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Painter?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Painter, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.3 |
| February | 71% | 3.1 |
| March | 73% | 4.1 |
| April | 77% | 5.3 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.3 |
| August | 82% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.6 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 75% | 2.5 |
| 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 Painter need?
A normal year in Painter brings 3,660 heating degree days, 32% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,440 cooling degree days, 59% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,422 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 797 | 0 |
| February | 669 | 0 |
| March | 548 | 3 |
| April | 262 | 28 |
| May | 84 | 106 |
| June | 9 | 279 |
| July | 0 | 418 |
| August | 0 | 355 |
| September | 16 | 202 |
| October | 166 | 45 |
| November | 429 | 3 |
| December | 679 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,660 | 1,440 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00446475. 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 Painter been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 58.8°F, equal to the 1991-2020 normal of 58.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.2°F | +1.4°F | 43.98 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 59.8°F | +1.0°F | 42.60 | 14.5 |
| 2023 | 60.8°F | +2.0°F | 46.22 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 60.2°F | +1.4°F | 45.64 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 58.8°F | at normal | 45.93 | 19.8 |
Over 68 complete years from 1956 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.7°F per century (+0.26°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00446475; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Painter's climate compare?
Painter is warmer than 66 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 52. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.8°F is warmer than 71%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Painter 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 Painter share this climate record?
32 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.
- Exmore, VA1,416 people · 4 mi S
- Onancock, VA1,160 people · 10 mi NE
- Pastoria, VA789 people · 15 mi NE
- Savageville, VA552 people · 8 mi NE
- Onley, VA537 people · 9 mi NE
- Belle Haven, VA536 people · 2 mi S
- Nassawadox, VA520 people · 8 mi S
- Accomac, VA516 people · 13 mi NE
- Chase Crossing, VA450 people · 15 mi NE
- Tangier, VA433 people · 19 mi NW
- Melfa, VA400 people · 6 mi NE
- Smith Island, MD340 people · 29 mi NW
- Willis Wharf, VA322 people · 5 mi S
- Quinby, VA269 people · 5 mi SE
- Wachapreague, VA258 people · 7 mi E
- Savage Town, VA254 people · 3 mi SE
- Cats Bridge, VA204 people · 3 mi SE
- Bobtown, VA196 people · 5 mi N
- Pungoteague, VA187 people · 3 mi N
- Greenbush, VA184 people · 13 mi NE
- Boston, VA156 people · 2 mi NW
- Keller, VA144 people · 4 mi NE
- Deep Creek, VA141 people · 13 mi N
- Southside Chesconessex, VA100 people · 11 mi N
- Locust Mount, VA99 people · 7 mi E
- Harborton, VA87 people · 5 mi N
- Lee Mont, VA86 people · 16 mi NE
- Bayside, VA78 people · 13 mi NE
- Tasley, VA66 people · 11 mi NE
- Schooner Bay, VA49 people · 13 mi N
- Mappsburg, VA24 people · 4 mi E
- Franktown, VA10 people · 8 mi S
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 Painter's climate
What is the coldest month in Painter?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Painter?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Painter?
July, with 4.99 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Painter in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Painter in zone 8a in ZIP code 23420, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Painter's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Painter?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 19. Waiting until April 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Eastville, VA16 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
- Cape Charles, VA21 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Wallops Island Flight Fac, VA32 miles from this station, 57.8°F a year
- N, VA35 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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