Quantico, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Quantico's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 41.0 inches of precipitation and 12 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.5°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,042 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationQuantico Marine Corps Air Station
- Station IDUSW00013773
- Location38.50°N 77.30°W
- Elevation10 ft (3 m)
- Population591
On October 14, the normal high in Quantico is 70°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Quantico.
- Jan 45° 28°
- Feb 48° 30°
- Mar 56° 37°
- Apr 68° 47°
- May 76° 57°
- Jun 84° 66°
- Jul 88° 71°
- Aug 86° 69°
- Sep 80° 62°
- Oct 69° 50°
- Nov 58° 39°
- Dec 49° 32°
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 Quantico each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.64 in), the least in February (2.36 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 28°F | 36.6°F | 2.66 | 3.5 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 30°F | 39.4°F | 2.36 | 5.8 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 37°F | 46.7°F | 3.58 | 1.4 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 47°F | 57.5°F | 3.16 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 57°F | 66.1°F | 3.63 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 84°F | 66°F | 74.8°F | 3.53 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 88°F | 71°F | 79.3°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 86°F | 69°F | 77.6°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 62°F | 70.8°F | 3.43 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 50°F | 59.2°F | 3.33 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 39°F | 48.6°F | 3.14 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 49°F | 32°F | 40.4°F | 3.33 | 1.7 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 49°F | 58.1°F | 41.03 | 12.4 | 118 | 30 | 76 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −2°C | 2.6°C | 68 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 9°C | −1°C | 4.1°C | 60 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 13°C | 3°C | 8.2°C | 91 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 20°C | 8°C | 14.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 14°C | 18.9°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 19°C | 23.8°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 22°C | 26.3°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 21°C | 25.3°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 17°C | 21.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 10°C | 15.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 4°C | 9.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | 0°C | 4.7°C | 85 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013773; 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 Quantico?
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 (9).
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 USW00013773.
When is the last frost in Quantico?
In Quantico, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 28 in half of years and after April 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 28 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
- March 281 year in 10 after April 8; 9 in 10 after March 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 226 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 251 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Quantico in zone 7b in ZIP code 22026, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Quantico's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (20 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 USW00013773; 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 Quantico?
In a normal year in Quantico, 30 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 76 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 76a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1945) is 106°F, on July 8, 2012; the lowest is −6°F, on February 5, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1989, with 52.65 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 47.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013773; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013773. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Quantico, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 66°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 68°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (24°F). March is the windiest month (8.6 mph on average), and October has the most clear or nearly clear hours (52%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 61% | 48% | 7.1 mph | 48% | 28% |
| February | 28°F | 60% | 47% | 8.3 mph | 42% | 31% |
| March | 37°F | 58% | 44% | 8.6 mph | 44% | 27% |
| April | 48°F | 63% | 48% | 7.7 mph | 41% | 24% |
| May | 60°F | 70% | 55% | 6.7 mph | 44% | 22% |
| June | 66°F | 70% | 54% | 6.4 mph | 49% | 16% |
| July | 68°F | 72% | 56% | 6.2 mph | 45% | 17% |
| August | 65°F | 73% | 56% | 6.6 mph | 48% | 16% |
| September | 56°F | 75% | 56% | 6.8 mph | 51% | 21% |
| October | 43°F | 69% | 51% | 7.0 mph | 52% | 23% |
| November | 33°F | 66% | 51% | 7.0 mph | 51% | 23% |
| December | 27°F | 66% | 54% | 6.8 mph | 51% | 28% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013773. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Quantico?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Quantico, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and January the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.2 |
| February | 70% | 3.0 |
| March | 71% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.6 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.4 |
| October | 74% | 3.3 |
| November | 75% | 2.5 |
| December | 70% | 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 Quantico need?
A normal year in Quantico brings 4,003 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,512 cooling degree days, 67% 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 4,379 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 882 | 0 |
| February | 718 | 0 |
| March | 571 | 3 |
| April | 256 | 30 |
| May | 79 | 114 |
| June | 6 | 300 |
| July | 0 | 445 |
| August | 0 | 389 |
| September | 22 | 196 |
| October | 211 | 32 |
| November | 495 | 2 |
| December | 763 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,003 | 1,512 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013773. 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 Quantico been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 60.1°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.1°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.1°F | +2.0°F | – | – |
| 2022 | 58.9°F | +0.8°F | 32.84 | – |
| 2023 | 60.1°F | +2.0°F | 22.65 | – |
Over 52 complete years from 1946 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.2°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013773; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Quantico's climate compare?
Quantico is warmer than 56 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 6. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.1°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Quantico 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 Quantico share this climate record?
16 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.
- Cherry Hill, VA23,443 people · 5 mi N
- Leesylvania, VA22,848 people · 8 mi N
- Montclair, VA22,295 people · 8 mi N
- La Plata, MD11,374 people · 18 mi E
- Triangle, VA11,265 people · 3 mi N
- Bryans Road, MD9,174 people · 13 mi NE
- Aquia Harbour, VA6,917 people · 5 mi SW
- Dumfries, VA5,978 people · 5 mi N
- Stafford Courthouse, VA5,780 people · 9 mi SW
- Quantico Base, VA5,491 people · 2 mi NW
- Indian Head, MD4,247 people · 10 mi NE
- Camp Barrett, VA1,569 people · 8 mi W
- Boswell's Corner, VA1,459 people · 4 mi W
- Potomac Heights, MD1,102 people · 11 mi NE
- Pomfret, MD670 people · 15 mi E
- Port Tobacco Village, MD21 people · 15 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 Quantico's climate
What is the coldest month in Quantico?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Quantico?
Yes: 12 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Quantico?
July, with 4.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.36 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Quantico in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Quantico in zone 7b in ZIP code 22026, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Quantico's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Quantico?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 28; in one year in ten it comes after April 8. Waiting until April 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Quantico in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fredericksburg, VA17 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Manassas, VA19 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Corbin, VA21 miles from this station, 56.6°F a year
- Oxon Hill, MD26 miles from this station, 57.1°F a year
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