Pearisburg, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pearisburg's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 42.2 inches of precipitation and 23 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.4°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,071 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPearisburg (4 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00448022
- Location37.28°N 80.69°W
- Elevation1,678 ft (512 m)
- Population2,857
On October 23, the normal high in Pearisburg is 64°F and the normal low 38°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 Pearisburg.
- Jan 43° 23°
- Feb 46° 25°
- Mar 55° 31°
- Apr 65° 39°
- May 73° 48°
- Jun 80° 57°
- Jul 83° 61°
- Aug 81° 60°
- Sep 76° 53°
- Oct 66° 41°
- Nov 55° 31°
- Dec 46° 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 Pearisburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.70 in), the least in February (2.63 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 23°F | 32.7°F | 3.14 | 6.5 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 46°F | 25°F | 35.6°F | 2.63 | 6.6 | 9 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 55°F | 31°F | 42.7°F | 3.65 | 4.0 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 39°F | 52.2°F | 3.70 | 0.7 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 60.4°F | 4.69 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 80°F | 57°F | 68.0°F | 4.00 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 83°F | 61°F | 71.7°F | 4.70 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 81°F | 60°F | 70.4°F | 3.46 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 76°F | 53°F | 64.6°F | 3.35 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 41°F | 53.8°F | 2.89 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 31°F | 43.2°F | 2.70 | 0.3 | 9 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 26°F | 35.9°F | 3.26 | 4.6 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 41°F | 52.6°F | 42.17 | 22.7 | 133 | 7 | 122 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −5°C | 0.4°C | 80 mm | 17 cm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 2.0°C | 67 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 5.9°C | 93 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 19°C | 4°C | 11.2°C | 94 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 20.0°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.2°C | 83 mm | 12 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448022; 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 Pearisburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00448022.
When is the last frost in Pearisburg?
In Pearisburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 27 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 3 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 271 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 171 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 198 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pearisburg in zone 7a in ZIP code 24167, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pearisburg's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (26 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 USC00448022; 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 Pearisburg?
In a normal year in Pearisburg, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 122 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 133 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 122a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 133a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1970) is 100°F, on July 16, 1988; the lowest is −18°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 52.01 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 72.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00448022; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00448022. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pearisburg?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pearisburg, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and January the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 2.2 |
| February | 65% | 2.9 |
| March | 67% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.1 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 75% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 74% | 4.4 |
| October | 72% | 3.4 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 65% | 1.9 |
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 Pearisburg need?
A normal year in Pearisburg brings 5,119 heating degree days, 5% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 632 cooling degree days, 30% 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 3,034 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,001 | 0 |
| February | 822 | 0 |
| March | 693 | 0 |
| April | 388 | 4 |
| May | 176 | 34 |
| June | 32 | 123 |
| July | 5 | 213 |
| August | 9 | 178 |
| September | 83 | 72 |
| October | 354 | 7 |
| November | 653 | 1 |
| December | 902 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,119 | 632 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448022. 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 Pearisburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.6°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.9°F | +1.3°F | – | 16.0 |
| 2022 | 53.0°F | +0.4°F | – | – |
| 2023 | 54.4°F | +1.8°F | – | – |
| 2024 | 55.1°F | +2.5°F | 41.70 | – |
| 2025 | 53.6°F | +1.0°F | 39.98 | 17.8 |
Over 38 complete years from 1975 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.7°F per century (+0.21°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00448022; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pearisburg's climate compare?
Pearisburg is warmer than 6 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 11. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.6°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pearisburg 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 Pearisburg share this climate record?
5 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.
- Pembroke, VA1,135 people · 4 mi NE
- Peterstown, WV452 people · 10 mi NW
- Ripplemead, VA347 people · 4 mi N
- Oakvale, WV130 people · 16 mi W
- Eggleston, VA97 people · 4 mi E
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 Pearisburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Pearisburg?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Pearisburg?
Yes: 23 inches in a normal year, falling on 13 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Pearisburg?
July, with 4.70 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.63 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pearisburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pearisburg in zone 7a in ZIP code 24167, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Pearisburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Pearisburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 27; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Radford, VA8 miles from this station, 52.9°F a year
- Blacksburg, VA16 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Pulaski, VA16 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Christiansburg, VA19 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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