Colonial Heights, VA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PETERSBURG, VA US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
40.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,561
Cooling need
1,323

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Climate change signal

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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