Philpott Dam 2, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Philpott Dam 2's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 47.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.9°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,197 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPhilpott Dam 2
- Station IDUSC00446692
- Location36.78°N 80.03°W
- Elevation1,123 ft (342 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Philpott Dam 2 is 69°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Philpott Dam 2.
- Jan 48° 26°
- Feb 52° 28°
- Mar 59° 34°
- Apr 70° 43°
- May 77° 53°
- Jun 85° 61°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 86° 64°
- Sep 81° 57°
- Oct 71° 46°
- Nov 61° 35°
- Dec 51° 30°
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 Philpott Dam 2 each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.00 in), the least in October (2.86 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 26°F | 36.8°F | 3.71 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 28°F | 39.8°F | 3.06 | 9 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 34°F | 46.8°F | 3.85 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 43°F | 56.3°F | 3.46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 64.8°F | 4.25 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 61°F | 72.9°F | 4.65 | 12 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.6°F | 5.00 | 13 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 86°F | 64°F | 75.3°F | 4.47 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 57°F | 68.9°F | 4.85 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 46°F | 58.4°F | 2.86 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 35°F | 47.8°F | 3.13 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 51°F | 30°F | 40.4°F | 3.85 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 45°F | 57.1°F | 47.14 | 119 | 30 | 95 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 94 mm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 78 mm |
| March | 15°C | 1°C | 8.2°C | 98 mm |
| April | 21°C | 6°C | 13.5°C | 88 mm |
| May | 25°C | 11°C | 18.2°C | 108 mm |
| June | 29°C | 16°C | 22.7°C | 118 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 127 mm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 114 mm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.5°C | 123 mm |
| October | 22°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 73 mm |
| November | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 80 mm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 98 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Martinsville (10 miles away), gets 9 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00446692; 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 Philpott Dam 2?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, 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 USC00446692.
When is the last frost at Philpott Dam 2?
In Philpott Dam 2, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 18 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 2; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 199 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 225 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 Philpott Dam 2 in zone 7b in ZIP code 24055, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (22 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 USC00446692; 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 at Philpott Dam 2?
In a normal year in Philpott Dam 2, 30 days a year reach 90°F, 95 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a 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
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 119a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1953) is 105°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −10°F, on January 31, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 69.56 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 35.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00446692; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00446692. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Philpott Dam 2?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Philpott Dam 2, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (78%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.5 |
| February | 70% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 78% | 6.3 |
| July | 77% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 75% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 3.6 |
| November | 77% | 2.8 |
| December | 70% | 2.1 |
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 Philpott Dam 2 record?
A normal year at Philpott Dam 2 brings 4,076 heating degree days, 24% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,214 cooling degree days, 34% 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 4,012 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 874 | 0 |
| February | 706 | 0 |
| March | 567 | 1 |
| April | 283 | 22 |
| May | 97 | 91 |
| June | 11 | 248 |
| July | 1 | 361 |
| August | 1 | 320 |
| September | 33 | 150 |
| October | 224 | 19 |
| November | 516 | 1 |
| December | 763 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,076 | 1,214 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00446692. 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.
How does Philpott Dam 2's climate compare?
Philpott Dam 2 is warmer than 50 of the 81 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 57.1°F is warmer than 67%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Philpott Dam 2 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 Philpott Dam 2 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.
- Stanleytown, VA1,323 people · 4 mi SE
- Bassett, VA1,020 people · 2 mi SE
- Oak Level, VA568 people · 5 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 Philpott Dam 2's climate
What is the coldest month at Philpott Dam 2?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Philpott Dam 2?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Martinsville (10 miles away), records 9 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Philpott Dam 2?
July, with 5.00 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.86 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Philpott Dam 2 in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Philpott Dam 2 in zone 7b in ZIP code 24055, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Philpott Dam 2?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Martinsville, VA10 miles from this station, 56.0°F a year
- Rocky Mount, VA16 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Stuart, VA16 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Floyd, VA18 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
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