Wallops Island Flight Fac, Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station

What is the weather like at Wallops Island Flight Fac each month?

July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.37 in), the least in February (2.81 in).

Which months are mildest at Wallops Island Flight Fac?

Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, September 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.

When is the last frost at Wallops Island Flight Fac?

In Wallops Island Flight Fac, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 31 in half of years and after April 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 31 in one year in ten.

Last spring frost, half of years after

March 311 year in 10 after April 13; 9 in 10 after March 17

First autumn frost, half of years before

November 111 year in 10 before October 31; 9 in 10 before November 26

NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 225 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.

A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 24 in half of autumns.

The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wallops Island Flight Fac in zone 8a in ZIP code 23337, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (30 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

How hot and how cold does it get at Wallops Island Flight Fac?

In a normal year in Wallops Island Flight Fac, 19 days a year reach 90°F, 69 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.

Days at 90°F or more

19a normal year

Days at 100°F or more

fewer than 1a normal year

Nights at 32°F or colder

69a normal year

Days that stay below freezing

6high of 32°F or less

Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation

119a normal year

Days with 1 inch of snow or more

3a normal year

The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1966) is 102°F, on July 7, 2012; the lowest is −1°F, on February 20, 2015.

The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 62.61 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 27.9 inches.

How sunny is it at Wallops Island Flight Fac?

Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Wallops Island Flight Fac, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (70%).

How many heating and cooling degree days does Wallops Island Flight Fac record?

A normal year at Wallops Island Flight Fac brings 3,957 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,358 cooling degree days, 50% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,181 growing degree days a year above 50°F.

Have recent years at Wallops Island Flight Fac been warmer than normal?

2025 averaged 57.9°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.

Over 51 complete years from 1970 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.0°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.

Which places near Wallops Island Flight Fac share this climate record?

29 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.

• Pocomoke City, MD4,426 people · 10 mi NW
• Princess Anne, MD3,667 people · 22 mi NW
• Crisfield, MD2,531 people · 21 mi W
• Wattsville, VA1,425 people · 2 mi SW
• Parksley, VA813 people · 15 mi SW
• Gargatha, VA584 people · 12 mi SW
• West Pocomoke, MD545 people · 12 mi NW
• Horntown, VA479 people · 2 mi N
• Atlantic, VA436 people · 3 mi SW
• Mappsville, VA403 people · 9 mi SW
• New Church, VA382 people · 5 mi NW
• Bloxom, VA380 people · 12 mi SW
• Fairmount, MD357 people · 23 mi NW
• Metompkin, VA330 people · 14 mi SW
• Deal Island, MD311 people · 30 mi NW
• Nelsonia, VA293 people · 11 mi SW
• Temperanceville, VA265 people · 6 mi SW
• Modest Town, VA243 people · 10 mi SW
• Chance, MD218 people · 31 mi NW
• Dames Quarter, MD207 people · 28 mi NW
• Hallwood, VA203 people · 8 mi SW
• Saxis, VA169 people · 14 mi W
• Makemie Park, VA98 people · 7 mi W
• Stockton, MD85 people · 9 mi N
• Girdletree, MD66 people · 11 mi N
• Oak Hall, VA66 people · 5 mi W
• Whitesville, VA52 people · 16 mi SW
• Sanford, VA10 people · 11 mi W
• Frenchtown-Rumbly, MD8 people · 23 mi NW

Nearby and next

• Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
• Assateague, MD16 miles from this station, 58.1°F a year
• Snow Hill, MD21 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
• Salisbury, MD28 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
• Ocean City, MD32 miles from this station, 56.0°F a year
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