Pennington Gap, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PENNINGTON GAP, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Pennington Gap has an annual average temperature of 54.8°F with about 49.7 inches of precipitation per year and 9.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.2°F). March is typically the wettest month (4.86 in) and November the driest (2.88 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →35 of 366 (9.6%) of Pennington Gap'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.
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 45 | |
| 1950s | 39 | |
| 1960s | 20 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 60 | |
| 1990s | 27 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 3 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
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 | 44.8°F | 23.2°F | 34.0°F | 4.41 in | 3.5 in | 11 |
| February | 49.3°F | 25.7°F | 37.5°F | 4.37 in | 2.8 in | 10 |
| March | 58.7°F | 31.7°F | 45.2°F | 4.86 in | 1.1 in | 12 |
| April | 68.7°F | 39.6°F | 54.1°F | 4.59 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| May | 76.1°F | 49.9°F | 63.0°F | 4.32 in | — | 12 |
| June | 82.8°F | 58.7°F | 70.7°F | 4.39 in | — | 12 |
| July | 85.3°F | 62.8°F | 74.1°F | 4.44 in | — | 13 |
| August | 84.9°F | 61.6°F | 73.2°F | 3.95 in | — | 11 |
| September | 80.7°F | 54.6°F | 67.7°F | 3.71 in | — | 8 |
| October | 70.5°F | 41.7°F | 56.1°F | 2.99 in | — | 8 |
| November | 58.2°F | 31.5°F | 44.9°F | 2.88 in | — | 9 |
| December | 48.4°F | 26.3°F | 37.3°F | 4.77 in | 1.8 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Pennington Gap
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