Virginia Beach, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Virginia Beach's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 46.6 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.4°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,184 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOceana Naval Air Station
- Station IDUSW00013769
- Location36.82°N 76.03°W
- Elevation23 ft (7 m)
- Population454,808
On October 14, the normal high in Virginia Beach is 72°F and the normal low 54°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 Virginia Beach.
- Jan 50° 32°
- Feb 53° 33°
- Mar 59° 39°
- Apr 69° 48°
- May 76° 56°
- Jun 83° 66°
- Jul 87° 70°
- Aug 85° 69°
- Sep 80° 64°
- Oct 71° 53°
- Nov 61° 42°
- Dec 54° 35°
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 Virginia Beach each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.76 in), the least in February (2.84 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 | 50°F | 32°F | 40.9°F | 3.17 | 2.2 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 33°F | 42.9°F | 2.84 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 39°F | 48.8°F | 3.57 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 48°F | 58.2°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 56°F | 65.9°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 66°F | 74.4°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 70°F | 78.9°F | 5.76 | 0.0 | 12 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 85°F | 69°F | 77.2°F | 5.09 | 0.0 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 64°F | 71.9°F | 4.55 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 53°F | 61.9°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 42°F | 51.4°F | 3.06 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 54°F | 35°F | 44.7°F | 3.26 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 51°F | 59.8°F | 46.62 | 3.4 | 122 | 32 | 50 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | 0°C | 4.9°C | 81 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | 1°C | 6.1°C | 72 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 15°C | 4°C | 9.3°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 20°C | 9°C | 14.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 19°C | 23.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 146 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 21°C | 25.1°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 18°C | 22.2°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 12°C | 16.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 5°C | 10.8°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 2°C | 7.1°C | 83 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013769; 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 Virginia Beach?
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 USW00013769.
When is the last frost in Virginia Beach?
In Virginia Beach, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 12 in half of years and before November 1 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 291 year in 10 after April 11; 9 in 10 after March 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 121 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before November 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 230 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 258 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 14 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Virginia Beach in zones 8a to 8b across its 12 ZIP code areas (8b in 23457, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Virginia Beach's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (26 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00013769; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Virginia Beach ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Virginia Beach's 12 ZIP code areas run from zone 8a to 8b: 1 in 8a and 11 in 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Virginia Beach?
In a normal year in Virginia Beach, 32 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 50 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 122 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 32a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 50a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 122a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1945) is 104°F, on June 30, 1945; the lowest is −3°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1953, with 62.26 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 42.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013769; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013769. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Virginia Beach, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 69°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 70°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (30°F). March is the windiest month (10.6 mph on average), and November has the most clear or nearly clear hours (42%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 63% | 50% | 9.7 mph | 37% | 28% |
| February | 34°F | 63% | 50% | 10.5 mph | 35% | 30% |
| March | 41°F | 63% | 49% | 10.6 mph | 34% | 27% |
| April | 51°F | 67% | 53% | 10.1 mph | 32% | 22% |
| May | 61°F | 72% | 58% | 8.6 mph | 28% | 19% |
| June | 68°F | 72% | 57% | 7.8 mph | 30% | 14% |
| July | 70°F | 76% | 62% | 7.4 mph | 31% | 17% |
| August | 67°F | 75% | 62% | 8.0 mph | 29% | 17% |
| September | 60°F | 74% | 60% | 8.3 mph | 37% | 19% |
| October | 48°F | 70% | 55% | 8.5 mph | 42% | 23% |
| November | 39°F | 67% | 53% | 8.9 mph | 42% | 19% |
| December | 34°F | 68% | 55% | 9.0 mph | 39% | 26% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013769. 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 Virginia Beach?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Virginia Beach, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 243rd (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.5 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 77% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 77% | 2.8 |
| December | 73% | 2.2 |
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 Virginia Beach need?
A normal year in Virginia Beach brings 3,424 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,546 cooling degree days, 70% 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 4,623 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 746 | 0 |
| February | 620 | 1 |
| March | 510 | 7 |
| April | 245 | 39 |
| May | 85 | 113 |
| June | 9 | 291 |
| July | 0 | 429 |
| August | 0 | 380 |
| September | 11 | 219 |
| October | 152 | 57 |
| November | 415 | 8 |
| December | 631 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 3,424 | 1,546 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013769. 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 Virginia Beach been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 62.1°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.8°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 62.1°F | +2.3°F | 41.94 | – |
Over 55 complete years from 1952 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.7°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013769; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Virginia Beach's climate compare?
Virginia Beach is warmer than 76 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 48. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.8°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Virginia Beach 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.
Questions about Virginia Beach's climate
What is the coldest month in Virginia Beach?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Virginia Beach?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Virginia Beach?
July, with 5.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.84 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Virginia Beach in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Virginia Beach in zones 8a to 8b across its 12 ZIP code areas (8b in 23457, the largest). By the same method at Virginia Beach's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Virginia Beach?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 11. Waiting until April 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Chesapeake, VA10 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Norfolk, VA11 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Hampton, VA25 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, VA27 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
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