Wakefield, Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wakefield's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 51.4 inches of precipitation and 6 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,306 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWakefield (1 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00448800
- Location36.98°N 77.01°W
- Elevation113 ft (34 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population747
On October 22, the normal high in Wakefield is 70°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wakefield.
- Jan 50° 28°
- Feb 53° 30°
- Mar 61° 36°
- Apr 71° 45°
- May 79° 55°
- Jun 86° 63°
- Jul 90° 68°
- Aug 88° 66°
- Sep 82° 60°
- Oct 72° 48°
- Nov 62° 38°
- Dec 53° 31°
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 Wakefield each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in September (6.05 in), the least in February (2.80 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 28°F | 39.0°F | 3.83 | 3.5 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 30°F | 41.5°F | 2.80 | 1.4 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 36°F | 48.4°F | 4.22 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 45°F | 58.3°F | 3.76 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 55°F | 66.6°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 63°F | 74.5°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 5.47 | 0.0 | 11 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 88°F | 66°F | 77.0°F | 5.50 | 0.0 | 10 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 60°F | 71.0°F | 6.05 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 48°F | 60.0°F | 3.95 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 38°F | 49.8°F | 3.17 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 53°F | 31°F | 42.3°F | 3.73 | 1.1 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 47°F | 58.9°F | 51.40 | 6.4 | 121 | 44 | 88 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 97 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.3°C | 71 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 107 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 7°C | 14.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.6°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 25.0°C | 140 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 154 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 9.9°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 0°C | 5.7°C | 95 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448800; 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 Wakefield?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00448800.
When is the last frost in Wakefield?
In Wakefield, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 16 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 121 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after March 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 16; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 200 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 224 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wakefield in zone 7b in ZIP code 23888, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wakefield's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (22 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 USC00448800; 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 Wakefield?
In a normal year in Wakefield, 44 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 88 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 44a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 88a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1982) is 105°F, on July 25, 2010; the lowest is −14°F, on January 7, 2018.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 74.72 in; the snowiest season is 1999–00, with 16.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00448800; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00448800. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wakefield?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wakefield, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.5 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 72% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 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 Wakefield need?
A normal year in Wakefield brings 3,693 heating degree days, 31% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,519 cooling degree days, 67% 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 4,523 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 807 | 1 |
| February | 657 | 1 |
| March | 519 | 6 |
| April | 242 | 41 |
| May | 75 | 126 |
| June | 7 | 293 |
| July | 0 | 429 |
| August | 0 | 372 |
| September | 22 | 202 |
| October | 197 | 42 |
| November | 460 | 4 |
| December | 707 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,693 | 1,519 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448800. 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 Wakefield been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.1°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.0°F | +1.1°F | 45.67 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 59.7°F | +0.8°F | 47.62 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 60.6°F | +1.7°F | 47.88 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 60.8°F | +1.9°F | 53.15 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 59.1°F | +0.2°F | 58.40 | 18.4 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00448800. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wakefield's climate compare?
Wakefield is warmer than 68 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 68. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.9°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wakefield 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 Wakefield share this climate record?
3 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.
- Waverly, VA1,934 people · 6 mi NW
- Ivor, VA310 people · 8 mi SE
- Dendron, VA256 people · 6 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.
What do Wakefield's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Wakefield. This page uses Wakefield (1 mi NW); the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Rich USW00093773 | 1 mi NW | 112 ft | 59.5°F | 30°F | 90°F | 49.7 | – | April 6 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Wakefield's climate
What is the coldest month in Wakefield?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Wakefield?
Yes: 6 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wakefield?
September, with 6.05 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.80 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wakefield in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wakefield in zone 7b in ZIP code 23888, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wakefield's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Wakefield?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Disputanta, VA14 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Stony Creek, VA22 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
- Holland (1 mi E), VA25 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Hopewell, VA26 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
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