Colonial Heights, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PETERSBURG, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Colonial Heights has an annual average temperature of 58.8°F with about 47 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.3°F). August is typically the wettest month (5.31 in) and February the driest (2.70 in).
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All-time records →154 of 366 (42.1%) of Colonial Heights's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 7 | |
| 2000s | 121 | |
| 2010s | 164 | |
| 2020s | 74 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49.1°F | 28.3°F | 38.7°F | 3.02 in | — | 9 |
| February | 52.2°F | 29.1°F | 40.7°F | 2.70 in | — | 9 |
| March | 60.1°F | 36.1°F | 48.1°F | 4.37 in | — | 10 |
| April | 70.4°F | 45.6°F | 58.0°F | 3.62 in | — | 11 |
| May | 78.2°F | 55.0°F | 66.6°F | 4.37 in | — | 12 |
| June | 85.5°F | 64.2°F | 74.8°F | 4.23 in | — | 10 |
| July | 89.3°F | 69.0°F | 79.2°F | 4.70 in | — | 9 |
| August | 87.4°F | 67.3°F | 77.4°F | 5.31 in | — | 10 |
| September | 81.5°F | 60.8°F | 71.1°F | 4.63 in | — | 8 |
| October | 71.6°F | 48.0°F | 59.8°F | 3.41 in | — | 9 |
| November | 61.5°F | 37.3°F | 49.4°F | 3.16 in | — | 9 |
| December | 52.6°F | 30.6°F | 41.6°F | 3.47 in | — | 10 |
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