Iron Gate, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COVINGTON FLTR PLT, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Iron Gate has an annual average temperature of 52.7°F with about 39.5 inches of precipitation per year and 10.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.30 in) and February the driest (2.43 in). Snow typically falls from December through April.
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All-time records →16 of 366 (4.4%) of Iron Gate'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.
| 1960s | 35 | |
| 1970s | 52 | |
| 1980s | 89 | |
| 1990s | 87 | |
| 2000s | 58 | |
| 2010s | 41 | |
| 2020s | 4 |
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 | 41.5°F | 22.5°F | 32.0°F | 2.60 in | 2.5 in | 9 |
| February | 45.5°F | 24.1°F | 34.8°F | 2.43 in | 3.3 in | 9 |
| March | 54.2°F | 30.1°F | 42.1°F | 3.36 in | 1.6 in | 11 |
| April | 66.0°F | 38.7°F | 52.3°F | 3.63 in | 0.2 in | 12 |
| May | 73.9°F | 48.2°F | 61.0°F | 4.30 in | — | 14 |
| June | 80.5°F | 56.7°F | 68.6°F | 4.24 in | — | 12 |
| July | 84.0°F | 60.9°F | 72.5°F | 3.98 in | — | 12 |
| August | 82.6°F | 59.9°F | 71.2°F | 3.24 in | — | 11 |
| September | 76.8°F | 53.3°F | 65.0°F | 3.49 in | — | 8 |
| October | 67.1°F | 41.6°F | 54.4°F | 2.51 in | — | 8 |
| November | 55.3°F | 30.8°F | 43.1°F | 2.75 in | — | 9 |
| December | 45.3°F | 26.2°F | 35.7°F | 2.94 in | 2.5 in | 10 |
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