Sandston, VA Climate: Temperature by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Sandston's primary NOAA station, SANDSTON.
The climate verdict for Sandston
Sandston, Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 58°F. July is the warmest month at 79°F and January the coldest at 37°F.
- 58°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 208 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Sandston: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00447541 · Sandston, VA 58°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Logan
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,125 HDD
- STN-1 USC00447541
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Logan, WV (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every VA station list.
- Sandston (this station) 58°F
- Hot Vigo Park, TX 58°F
- Near Logan, WV 58°F
- Cold Pea Ridge Psd, WV 57°F
- Near Gainesboro, TN 57°F
Climate Living Index · Sandston
Sandston: 70/100 · grade B
Sandston publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sandston, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 106 calendar days | 73/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 208 days/year | 70/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.5°F · 10.0° from 67.5°F | 68/100 · C |
Sandston · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Sandston sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Sandston are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 68th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 44th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 23.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 2.1 | 0.7 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | N/A | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | N/A | 20.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Sandston works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 8 and hold at or above 90°F on 11 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 95 dates, bottoming at 27°F around January 20.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 6 through July 16, covering 11 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 15 to October 13.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 7, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 95 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
April 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sandston.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
208 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,125
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,410
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Sandston on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (58°F here).
- Abilene, KS 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Bowling Green, KY 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Branson, MO 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlotte, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Sandston's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Sandston's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,125 annual heating degree days against 1,410 for cooling. Its 41.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Sandston's frost-free season lasts about 208 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Sandston's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.9°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Sandston's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Sandston's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Sandston, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Sandston's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Sandston's primary station: SANDSTON (USC00447541). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 5170256), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Sandston: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Sandston comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.