Emporia, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from EMPORIA 1 WNW, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Emporia has an annual average temperature of 59.7°F with about 46.2 inches of precipitation per year and 1.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.7°F). August is typically the wettest month (5.07 in) and February the driest (2.59 in). Snow typically falls from December through February.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →85 of 366 (23.2%) of Emporia'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.
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 0 | |
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 90 | |
| 1990s | 76 | |
| 2000s | 66 | |
| 2010s | 77 | |
| 2020s | 46 |
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 | 50.9°F | 28.7°F | 39.8°F | 3.40 in | 0.6 in | 10 |
| February | 54.2°F | 30.5°F | 42.4°F | 2.59 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| March | 61.5°F | 36.6°F | 49.0°F | 4.05 in | — | 10 |
| April | 71.7°F | 45.8°F | 58.7°F | 3.43 in | — | 9 |
| May | 78.8°F | 55.7°F | 67.2°F | 3.71 in | — | 11 |
| June | 86.0°F | 64.8°F | 75.4°F | 3.97 in | — | 10 |
| July | 89.8°F | 69.3°F | 79.6°F | 4.86 in | — | 11 |
| August | 88.3°F | 67.8°F | 78.1°F | 5.07 in | — | 9 |
| September | 82.7°F | 61.6°F | 72.2°F | 4.92 in | — | 9 |
| October | 72.9°F | 49.0°F | 60.9°F | 3.47 in | — | 7 |
| November | 62.6°F | 38.3°F | 50.4°F | 3.16 in | — | 8 |
| December | 54.0°F | 32.3°F | 43.1°F | 3.56 in | 0.5 in | 10 |
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