Norfolk, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NORFOLK NAS, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Norfolk has an annual average temperature of 61.4°F with about 45.7 inches of precipitation per year and 3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 34.0°F). August is typically the wettest month (5.30 in) and February the driest (2.55 in). Snow typically falls from January through February.
Best time to visit Norfolk
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All-time records →58 of 366 (15.8%) of Norfolk'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.
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 43 | |
| 1960s | 23 | |
| 1970s | 37 | |
| 1980s | 48 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 58 | |
| 2010s | 61 | |
| 2020s | 30 |
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 | 50.0°F | 34.0°F | 42.0°F | 2.93 in | 2.3 in | 10 |
| February | 52.8°F | 35.4°F | 44.1°F | 2.55 in | 0.7 in | 9 |
| March | 59.4°F | 41.3°F | 50.3°F | 3.47 in | — | 10 |
| April | 69.5°F | 50.3°F | 59.9°F | 3.28 in | — | 10 |
| May | 77.0°F | 59.5°F | 68.2°F | 3.55 in | — | 11 |
| June | 84.4°F | 68.0°F | 76.2°F | 4.64 in | — | 10 |
| July | 88.7°F | 72.6°F | 80.6°F | 5.21 in | — | 11 |
| August | 86.3°F | 71.5°F | 78.9°F | 5.30 in | — | 9 |
| September | 80.8°F | 66.7°F | 73.7°F | 5.14 in | — | 9 |
| October | 71.7°F | 55.5°F | 63.6°F | 3.58 in | — | 8 |
| November | 61.4°F | 44.7°F | 53.1°F | 3.14 in | — | 9 |
| December | 53.9°F | 37.9°F | 45.9°F | 2.89 in | — | 10 |
Climate twins of Norfolk
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).