Wallaceton-lake Drummond, VA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Wallaceton-lake Drummond's primary NOAA station, WALLACETON-LAKE DRUMMOND.
The climate verdict for Wallaceton-lake Drummond
Water is the standout signal in Wallaceton-lake Drummond, Virginia: 54.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 58°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 58°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 190 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Wallaceton-lake Drummond: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00448837 · Wallaceton-lake Drummond, VA 58°F mean · 54.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vale Ag
- PRCP-WET 54.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,895 HDD
- STN-1 USC00448837
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Vale Ag, NC (+ 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.
- Wallaceton-lake… (this station) 58°F
- Hot Lenoir, NC 58°F
- Near Vale Ag, NC 58°F
- Near Danbury, NC 58°F
- Near W Kerr Scott Re…, NC 58°F
Climate Living Index · Wallaceton-lake Drummond
Wallaceton-lake Drummond: 46/100 · grade D
Wallaceton-lake Drummond publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wallaceton-lake Drummond, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 57.7°F · 9.8° from 67.5°F | 69/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 190 days/year | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 54.1 in · 19.1 from 35 in | 32/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 176 calendar days | 28/100 · F |
Wallaceton-lake Drummond · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wallaceton-lake Drummond is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 38.3°F and warmest-month mean 77.3°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 77.3°F
- Coldest month
- 38.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Wallaceton-lake Drummond sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wallaceton-lake Drummond's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 68th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- Wallaceton-lake Drummond's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 31st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wallaceton-lake Drummond compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wallaceton-lake Drummond's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F (12°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.2" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.4" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.2" | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.1" | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.2" | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 22.1 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.4" | 3.1 | 0.6 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.8" | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.9" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Wallaceton-lake Drummond works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 50 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 126 dates, bottoming at 23°F around January 18.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 26 through August 14, covering 50 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 9 to October 29.
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 21, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 126 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 6 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 111 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wallaceton-lake Drummond.
Where Wallaceton-lake Drummond Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Wallaceton-lake Drummond earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.1 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
Wallaceton-lake Drummond spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Wallaceton-lake Drummond has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.6" and February 3.4". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Wallaceton-lake Drummond, it arrives in quantity
54.1" of precipitation falls across only about 111 wet days here, averaging 0.49 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 111 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
190 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,895
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,251
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Wallaceton-lake Drummond 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).
- Follett, TX 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Sonora, CA 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Wichita, KS 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Williamson, WV 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fairfield, NC 54.1" · 0.0" off
- Dickson, TN 54.1" · 0.0" off
- Gladeville, TN 54.1" · 0.1" off
- Sanford, FL 54.0" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Wallaceton-lake Drummond's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Wallaceton-lake Drummond's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,895 annual heating degree days against 1,251 for cooling. Its 39.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Wallaceton-lake Drummond's frost-free season lasts about 190 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 Wallaceton-lake Drummond's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.0°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Wallaceton-lake Drummond carries 54.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Wallaceton-lake Drummond'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 Wallaceton-lake Drummond, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Wallaceton-lake Drummond's primary station: WALLACETON-LAKE DRUMMOND (USC00448837). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Wallaceton-lake Drummond; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Wallaceton-lake Drummond 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.