Radford, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RADFORD 3 N, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Radford has an annual average temperature of 52.9°F with about 42.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.50 in) and February the driest (2.68 in).
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All-time records →179 of 366 (48.9%) of Radford'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 | 0 | |
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 0 | |
| 1990s | 0 | |
| 2000s | 61 | |
| 2010s | 208 | |
| 2020s | 97 |
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 | 42.4°F | 22.5°F | 32.5°F | 3.17 in | — | — |
| February | 46.4°F | 25.3°F | 35.8°F | 2.68 in | — | — |
| March | 54.1°F | 31.3°F | 42.7°F | 3.64 in | — | — |
| April | 65.2°F | 40.1°F | 52.6°F | 3.66 in | — | — |
| May | 72.7°F | 48.7°F | 60.7°F | 4.50 in | — | — |
| June | 80.3°F | 57.2°F | 68.8°F | 3.94 in | — | — |
| July | 83.6°F | 61.3°F | 72.5°F | 4.19 in | — | — |
| August | 82.5°F | 60.1°F | 71.3°F | 3.68 in | — | — |
| September | 76.7°F | 53.6°F | 65.1°F | 3.58 in | — | — |
| October | 66.6°F | 40.9°F | 53.8°F | 2.94 in | — | — |
| November | 55.1°F | 31.6°F | 43.3°F | 2.81 in | — | — |
| December | 45.9°F | 26.7°F | 36.3°F | 3.32 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Radford
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).