Saltville, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Saltville's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 48.1 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,223 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSaltville (1 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00447506
- Location36.89°N 81.77°W
- Elevation1,733 ft (528 m)
- Population1,773
On October 23, the normal high in Saltville is 66°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Saltville.
- Jan 44° 23°
- Feb 48° 25°
- Mar 57° 31°
- Apr 68° 39°
- May 75° 49°
- Jun 82° 58°
- Jul 84° 62°
- Aug 84° 61°
- Sep 79° 54°
- Oct 69° 41°
- Nov 58° 31°
- Dec 48° 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 Saltville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.14 in), the least in October (2.97 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 23°F | 33.7°F | 3.80 | 1.9 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 25°F | 36.6°F | 3.77 | 4.2 | 12 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 31°F | 44.0°F | 4.35 | 1.6 | 13 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 39°F | 53.2°F | 4.28 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 49°F | 62.0°F | 4.30 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 82°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 4.39 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 84°F | 62°F | 73.1°F | 5.14 | 0.0 | 14 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 84°F | 61°F | 72.2°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 54°F | 66.5°F | 3.46 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 41°F | 55.0°F | 2.97 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 31°F | 44.0°F | 3.04 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 26°F | 36.8°F | 4.12 | 2.4 | 13 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 42°F | 53.9°F | 48.15 | 10.3 | 144 | 11 | 121 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −5°C | 0.9°C | 97 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 9°C | −4°C | 2.6°C | 96 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 14°C | −1°C | 6.7°C | 110 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 20°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 9°C | 16.7°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 5°C | 12.8°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | −1°C | 6.7°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 105 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00447506; 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 Saltville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00447506.
When is the last frost in Saltville?
In Saltville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 8 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 231 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 178 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Saltville in zone 7a in ZIP code 24370, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Saltville's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (28 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 USC00447506; 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 Saltville?
In a normal year in Saltville, 11 days a year reach 90°F, 121 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 144 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 121a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 144a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 102°F, on July 21, 1926; the lowest is −19°F, on February 6, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 63.96 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 52.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00447506; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00447506. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Saltville?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Saltville, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (75%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 2.4 |
| February | 66% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 71% | 5.7 |
| June | 75% | 6.1 |
| July | 74% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.3 |
| September | 74% | 4.6 |
| October | 74% | 3.6 |
| November | 75% | 2.8 |
| December | 68% | 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 much heating and cooling does Saltville need?
A normal year in Saltville brings 4,818 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 796 cooling degree days, 12% 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 3,322 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 970 | 0 |
| February | 794 | 0 |
| March | 653 | 0 |
| April | 358 | 5 |
| May | 143 | 48 |
| June | 20 | 155 |
| July | 2 | 253 |
| August | 3 | 224 |
| September | 56 | 101 |
| October | 320 | 10 |
| November | 629 | 0 |
| December | 873 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,818 | 796 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00447506. 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 Saltville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.0°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.9°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.4°F | +0.5°F | 42.47 | 9.2 |
| 2022 | 53.7°F | −0.2°F | 53.37 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 55.0°F | +1.1°F | 44.14 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 55.5°F | +1.6°F | 48.36 | 11.0 |
| 2025 | 54.0°F | +0.1°F | 52.50 | 18.4 |
Over 44 complete years from 1951 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.6°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00447506; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Saltville's climate compare?
Saltville is warmer than 18 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.9°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Saltville 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 Saltville share this climate record?
8 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.
- Marion, VA5,602 people · 15 mi E
- Chilhowie, VA1,610 people · 8 mi SE
- Glade Spring, VA1,368 people · 7 mi S
- Emory, VA1,135 people · 8 mi S
- Adwolf, VA1,001 people · 12 mi SE
- Allison Gap, VA544 people · 1 mi NW
- Seven Mile Ford, VA528 people · 9 mi SE
- McMullin, VA241 people · 12 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 Saltville's climate
What is the coldest month in Saltville?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Saltville?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (4.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Saltville?
July, with 5.14 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.97 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Saltville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Saltville in zone 7a in ZIP code 24370, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Saltville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Saltville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Richlands, VA14 miles from this station, 53.4°F a year
- Lebanon, VA15 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Abingdon, VA19 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Burkes Garden, VA28 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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