Stuart, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stuart's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 52.3 inches of precipitation and 6 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,328 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStuart
- Station IDUSC00448170
- Location36.64°N 80.25°W
- Elevation1,375 ft (419 m)
- Population1,407
On October 22, the normal high in Stuart is 69°F and the normal low 42°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 Stuart.
- Jan 48° 25°
- Feb 52° 27°
- Mar 59° 33°
- Apr 70° 42°
- May 76° 51°
- Jun 83° 60°
- Jul 86° 64°
- Aug 85° 62°
- Sep 79° 56°
- Oct 71° 44°
- Nov 60° 34°
- Dec 51° 28°
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 Stuart each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.36 in), the least in February (3.15 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 25°F | 36.7°F | 4.13 | 2.0 | 10 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 27°F | 39.5°F | 3.15 | 2.1 | 9 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 33°F | 46.2°F | 4.04 | 0.5 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 42°F | 55.6°F | 4.18 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 51°F | 63.9°F | 5.00 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 60°F | 71.2°F | 5.25 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 5.36 | 0.0 | 13 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 85°F | 62°F | 73.5°F | 5.18 | 0.0 | 12 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 56°F | 67.8°F | 5.05 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 44°F | 57.4°F | 3.50 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 34°F | 46.9°F | 3.36 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 28°F | 39.7°F | 4.08 | 1.7 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 44°F | 56.1°F | 52.28 | 6.4 | 126 | 23 | 97 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −4°C | 2.6°C | 105 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 11°C | −3°C | 4.2°C | 80 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 5°C | 13.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.3°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 104 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448170; 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 Stuart?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, 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 USC00448170.
When is the last frost in Stuart?
In Stuart, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 19 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 13 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 191 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 190 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 5 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stuart in zone 7b in ZIP code 24171, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stuart's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°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 USC00448170; 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 Stuart?
In a normal year in Stuart, 23 days a year reach 90°F, 97 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 126 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 23a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 97a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 126a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1913) is 105°F, on July 10, 1936; the lowest is −17°F, on January 30, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 79.36 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 29.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00448170; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00448170. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Stuart?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stuart, 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 much heating and cooling does Stuart need?
A normal year in Stuart brings 4,216 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 997 cooling degree days, 10% 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 3,724 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 879 | 0 |
| February | 713 | 0 |
| March | 584 | 1 |
| April | 298 | 16 |
| May | 107 | 71 |
| June | 14 | 198 |
| July | 0 | 304 |
| August | 2 | 264 |
| September | 41 | 125 |
| October | 254 | 18 |
| November | 543 | 1 |
| December | 783 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,216 | 997 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448170. 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 Stuart been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.8°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.1°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.8°F | +0.7°F | 44.27 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 56.3°F | +0.2°F | 64.90 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 57.7°F | +1.6°F | 49.04 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 58.4°F | +2.3°F | 48.12 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 56.8°F | +0.7°F | 38.64 | 8.5 |
Over 45 complete years from 1962 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.4°F per century (+0.30°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00448170; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stuart's climate compare?
Stuart is warmer than 42 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 71. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.1°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stuart 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 Stuart share this climate record?
Patrick Springs has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Patrick Springs, VA2,094 people · 3 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 Stuart's climate
What is the coldest month in Stuart?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Stuart?
Yes: 6 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (2.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Stuart?
July, with 5.36 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.15 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stuart in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stuart in zone 7b in ZIP code 24171, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Stuart's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Stuart?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 19; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Meadows of Dan, VA11 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Danbury, NC15 miles from this station, 57.8°F a year
- Philpott Dam 2, VA16 miles from this station, 57.1°F a year
- Floyd, VA21 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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