Rocky Mount, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ROCKY MT, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Rocky Mount has an annual average temperature of 56.1°F with about 49.2 inches of precipitation per year and 12.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 26.4°F). September is typically the wettest month (5.00 in) and February the driest (3.11 in). Snow typically falls from December through April.
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All-time records →23 of 366 (6.3%) of Rocky Mount'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.
| 1890s | 28 | |
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 51 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 8 | |
| 1970s | 18 | |
| 1980s | 24 | |
| 1990s | 17 | |
| 2000s | 16 | |
| 2010s | 22 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
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 | 47.0°F | 26.4°F | 36.7°F | 3.88 in | 3.6 in | 10 |
| February | 50.8°F | 27.2°F | 39.0°F | 3.11 in | 4.9 in | 9 |
| March | 58.8°F | 33.6°F | 46.2°F | 3.99 in | 2.5 in | 10 |
| April | 69.6°F | 41.7°F | 55.6°F | 4.07 in | 0.2 in | 11 |
| May | 76.2°F | 51.6°F | 63.9°F | 4.49 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.2°F | 60.3°F | 71.8°F | 4.86 in | — | 11 |
| July | 86.6°F | 64.8°F | 75.7°F | 4.49 in | — | 13 |
| August | 85.2°F | 63.0°F | 74.1°F | 4.10 in | — | 12 |
| September | 78.6°F | 56.0°F | 67.3°F | 5.00 in | — | 10 |
| October | 69.7°F | 43.8°F | 56.7°F | 3.40 in | — | 9 |
| November | 59.1°F | 33.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.66 in | — | 9 |
| December | 50.0°F | 29.0°F | 39.5°F | 4.13 in | 1.4 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Rocky Mount
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