Newport News, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Newport News has an annual average temperature of 59.5°F with about 45.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 30.6°F). August is typically the wettest month (5.36 in) and February the driest (2.58 in).
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All-time records →113 of 366 (30.9%) of Newport News'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.
| 2000s | 149 | |
| 2010s | 165 | |
| 2020s | 52 |
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 | 49.0°F | 30.6°F | 39.8°F | 3.05 in | — | 10 |
| February | 52.5°F | 31.8°F | 42.2°F | 2.58 in | — | 10 |
| March | 59.1°F | 38.0°F | 48.5°F | 3.35 in | — | 11 |
| April | 69.6°F | 47.2°F | 58.4°F | 3.08 in | — | 11 |
| May | 77.2°F | 56.1°F | 66.7°F | 3.66 in | — | 12 |
| June | 84.7°F | 64.5°F | 74.6°F | 4.07 in | — | 11 |
| July | 88.2°F | 70.3°F | 79.2°F | 4.69 in | — | 11 |
| August | 86.6°F | 68.1°F | 77.3°F | 5.36 in | — | 12 |
| September | 80.9°F | 62.6°F | 71.7°F | 4.95 in | — | 12 |
| October | 71.3°F | 51.4°F | 61.4°F | 4.16 in | — | 11 |
| November | 61.2°F | 40.2°F | 50.7°F | 3.00 in | — | 9 |
| December | 53.3°F | 33.5°F | 43.4°F | 3.19 in | — | 10 |
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