Virginia, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Virginia's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 33.0 inches of precipitation and 21 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 30°C, 838 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationVirginia
- Station IDUSC00258875
- Location40.24°N 96.50°W
- Elevation1,545 ft (471 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population71
On October 24, the normal high in Virginia is 62°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Virginia.
- Jan 34° 14°
- Feb 39° 18°
- Mar 51° 28°
- Apr 63° 39°
- May 72° 50°
- Jun 82° 61°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 78° 55°
- Oct 65° 42°
- Nov 50° 29°
- Dec 38° 19°
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 each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.32 in), the least in January (0.80 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 14°F | 24.2°F | 0.80 | 6.1 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 39°F | 18°F | 28.7°F | 1.06 | 4.9 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 51°F | 28°F | 39.8°F | 2.08 | 2.9 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 39°F | 50.7°F | 3.24 | 1.2 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 61.0°F | 5.32 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 61°F | 71.5°F | 4.18 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 4.45 | 0.0 | 10 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 64°F | 74.3°F | 3.56 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 42°F | 53.8°F | 2.60 | 0.8 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 29°F | 39.6°F | 1.47 | 1.8 | 6 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 19°F | 28.7°F | 1.19 | 3.7 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 40°F | 51.2°F | 32.99 | 21.4 | 99 | 29 | 138 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −10°C | −4.3°C | 20 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 4°C | −8°C | −1.8°C | 27 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 53 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 82 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.1°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 21.9°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 18°C | 23.5°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 6°C | 12.1°C | 66 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 10°C | −2°C | 4.2°C | 37 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 3°C | −7°C | −1.8°C | 30 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00258875; 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?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, 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 USC00258875.
When is the last frost in Virginia?
In Virginia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 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
- April 221 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Virginia in zone 6a in ZIP code 68458, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Virginia's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (17 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00258875; 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 Virginia?
In a normal year in Virginia, 29 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 138 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 99 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 138a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 41high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 99a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00258875.
How sunny is Virginia?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Virginia, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.4 |
| November | 77% | 2.4 |
| December | 72% | 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 Virginia need?
A normal year in Virginia brings 6,042 heating degree days, 12% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,054 cooling degree days, 16% more 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 3,450 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,263 | 0 |
| February | 1,016 | 0 |
| March | 783 | 1 |
| April | 436 | 8 |
| May | 176 | 53 |
| June | 20 | 215 |
| July | 2 | 343 |
| August | 5 | 293 |
| September | 88 | 124 |
| October | 366 | 17 |
| November | 761 | 1 |
| December | 1,125 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,042 | 1,054 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00258875. 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.
How does Virginia's climate compare?
Virginia is warmer than 105 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 117. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.2°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Virginia is Dfa: continental, 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 Virginia share this climate record?
5 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.
- Adams, NE619 people · 15 mi N
- Filley, NE119 people · 3 mi NW
- Burchard, NE77 people · 10 mi SE
- Lewiston, NE59 people · 5 mi E
- Crab Orchard, NE44 people · 7 mi NE
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 Virginia's climate
What is the coldest month in Virginia?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Virginia?
Yes: 21 inches in a normal year, falling on 15 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Virginia?
May, with 5.32 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.80 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Virginia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Virginia in zone 6a in ZIP code 68458, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Virginia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Virginia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Beatrice, NE14 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Tecumseh, NE18 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Pawnee City, NE21 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
- Table Rock, NE22 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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