Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 54.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.3°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,374 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWallaceton-Lake Drummond
- Station IDUSC00448837
- Location36.60°N 76.44°W
- Elevation20 ft (6 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Wallaceton-Lake Drummond is 73°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wallaceton-Lake Drummond.
- Jan 53° 24°
- Feb 56° 25°
- Mar 62° 31°
- Apr 72° 41°
- May 81° 50°
- Jun 88° 58°
- Jul 91° 63°
- Aug 90° 60°
- Sep 84° 55°
- Oct 75° 44°
- Nov 65° 33°
- Dec 57° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.60 in), the least in February (3.35 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 24°F | 38.3°F | 4.18 | 10 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 56°F | 25°F | 40.6°F | 3.35 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 31°F | 46.5°F | 4.22 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 41°F | 56.5°F | 4.13 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 81°F | 50°F | 65.2°F | 4.23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 58°F | 73.0°F | 5.20 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 91°F | 63°F | 77.3°F | 5.60 | 10 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 60°F | 75.0°F | 5.57 | 9 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 55°F | 69.7°F | 5.58 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 44°F | 59.4°F | 4.40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 33°F | 48.6°F | 3.75 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 27°F | 41.9°F | 3.88 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 43°F | 57.7°F | 54.09 | 111 | 68 | 109 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −5°C | 3.5°C | 106 mm |
| February | 13°C | −4°C | 4.8°C | 85 mm |
| March | 17°C | −1°C | 8.1°C | 107 mm |
| April | 22°C | 5°C | 13.6°C | 105 mm |
| May | 27°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 107 mm |
| June | 31°C | 15°C | 22.8°C | 132 mm |
| July | 33°C | 17°C | 25.2°C | 142 mm |
| August | 32°C | 16°C | 23.9°C | 141 mm |
| September | 29°C | 13°C | 20.9°C | 142 mm |
| October | 24°C | 7°C | 15.2°C | 112 mm |
| November | 18°C | 0°C | 9.2°C | 95 mm |
| December | 14°C | −3°C | 5.5°C | 99 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Suffolk (13 miles away), gets 6 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448837; 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.
Which months are mildest at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00448837.
When is the last frost at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
In Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 20 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 17 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 201 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 17; 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 213 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 7 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wallaceton-Lake Drummond in zone 8a in ZIP code 23323, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00448837; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
In a normal year in Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, 68 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 109 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 111 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 68a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 109a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 111a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00448837.
How sunny is it at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Wallaceton-Lake Drummond record?
A normal year at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond brings 3,895 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,251 cooling degree days, 38% 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 4,136 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 829 | 0 |
| February | 685 | 0 |
| March | 575 | 2 |
| April | 277 | 22 |
| May | 88 | 96 |
| June | 10 | 250 |
| July | 0 | 380 |
| August | 0 | 309 |
| September | 21 | 160 |
| October | 202 | 30 |
| November | 492 | 2 |
| December | 715 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,895 | 1,251 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00448837. 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.
Have recent years at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 59.9°F, 2.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.7°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.6°F | +2.9°F | 58.04 |
| 2022 | 59.4°F | +1.7°F | 48.29 |
| 2023 | 60.9°F | +3.2°F | 46.11 |
| 2024 | 61.0°F | +3.3°F | 51.93 |
| 2025 | 59.9°F | +2.2°F | 48.76 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00448837. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wallaceton-Lake Drummond's climate compare?
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond is warmer than 54 of the 81 places with their own NOAA record in Virginia, and wetter than 72. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.7°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wallaceton-Lake Drummond 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 Wallaceton-Lake Drummond share this climate record?
2 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.
- South Mills, NC294 people · 12 mi SE
- Sunbury, NC264 people · 14 mi SW
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 Wallaceton-Lake Drummond's climate
What is the coldest month at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Suffolk (13 miles away), records 6 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
July, with 5.60 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.35 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wallaceton-Lake Drummond in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wallaceton-Lake Drummond in zone 8a in ZIP code 23323, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Wallaceton-Lake Drummond?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 20; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Suffolk, VA13 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Chesapeake, VA18 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Holland (1 mi E), VA19 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Norfolk, VA25 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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