Woodstock, VA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Woodstock's primary NOAA station, WOODSTOCK 2 NE.
The climate verdict for Woodstock
Woodstock, Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 39.5"
- annual precipitation · 24" snow
- 179 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Woodstock: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00449263 · Woodstock, VA 53°F mean · 39.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,705
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aztec Ruins Nat…
- PRCP-MID 39.5"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,161 HDD
- STN-1 USC00449263
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM (+ 0.1 °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.
- Woodstock (this station) 53°F
- Cold Stonewall Jacks…, WV 53°F
- Hot Aztec Ruins Nat…, NM 53°F
- Near Islip LI Macart…, NY 53°F
- Near Molloy Cercom, NY 53°F
Climate Living Index · Woodstock
Woodstock: 58/100 · grade C
Woodstock publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Woodstock, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 39.5 in · 4.5 from 35 in | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 134 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.2°F · 14.3° from 67.5°F | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 179 days/year | 49/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 23.7 inches/year | 45/100 · D |
Woodstock · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Woodstock is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.8°F and warmest-month mean 74.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.4°F
- Coldest month
- 31.8°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 Woodstock sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Woodstock's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 54th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 57th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 47th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Woodstock compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Woodstock's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
Woodstock's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 85 complete annual observations from 1899 to 2016, WOODSTOCK 2 NE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.05°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Woodstock primary station fitted change +0.05 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.9" | 7.4" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.3" | 6.9" | 24.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.2" | 3.6" | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.5" | 0.7" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.8" | 5.1" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 134 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 25, then returns to freezing around November 13, covering 134 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 May 17, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 12 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Woodstock.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 7.4"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
8.3 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.1"
7.6 days with precipitation
Woodstock spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Woodstock has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.4" and February 2.3". The three wettest months together take 33% 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 Woodstock, it arrives in quantity
39.6" of precipitation falls across only about 105 wet days here, averaging 0.38 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 105 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.38 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 6
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.
Winter brings real snow to Woodstock
Woodstock averages 23.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 23.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 6% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
179 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,161
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
886
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside VA closest to Woodstock 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 (53°F here).
- Alton, KS 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Bandon, OR 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Dayville, OR 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmington, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (39.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hillsdale, MI 39.5" · 0.0" off
- Gouverneur, NY 39.6" · 0.0" off
- Reedsburg, WI 39.6" · 0.0" off
- Philo, OH 39.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Woodstock
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Woodstock's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,161 annual heating degree days against 886 for cooling. Its 42.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Woodstock's frost-free season lasts about 179 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Woodstock coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Woodstock typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Woodstock snow peak
January
Woodstock averages 23.7 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Woodstock's primary station: WOODSTOCK 2 NE (USC00449263). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5187712). Match rule for Woodstock: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Woodstock 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.