What is the hottest month in Rural Retreat?

July is the warmest month in Rural Retreat, with an average high of 82.8°F.

What is the coldest month in Rural Retreat?

January is the coldest month in Rural Retreat, with an average low of 23.5°F.

What month does Rural Retreat get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Rural Retreat, with about 4.30 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Rural Retreat in?

Rural Retreat is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Rural Retreat changed recently?

9.3% of Rural Retreat's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Rural Retreat, VA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WYTHEVILLE, VA US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Rural Retreat has an annual average temperature of 52.6°F with about 41.7 inches of precipitation per year and 18.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.30 in) and November the driest (2.62 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

38.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,911

HDD/yr

Cooling need

459

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

34 of 366 (9.3%) of Rural Retreat'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		25
1900s		49
1930s		36
1940s		29
1950s		25
1960s		23
1970s		39
1980s		38
1990s		24
2000s		21
2010s		43
2020s		14

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	42.2°F	23.5°F	32.9°F	3.16 in	5.9 in	11
February	45.9°F	25.6°F	35.7°F	2.88 in	4.9 in	11
March	54.0°F	31.2°F	42.6°F	3.60 in	2.9 in	12
April	64.5°F	39.2°F	51.9°F	3.75 in	0.5 in	12
May	72.5°F	48.5°F	60.5°F	4.30 in	—	14
June	79.3°F	56.7°F	68.0°F	4.06 in	—	13
July	82.8°F	60.6°F	71.7°F	4.22 in	—	12
August	81.8°F	59.5°F	70.6°F	3.63 in	—	11
September	76.5°F	52.8°F	64.6°F	3.36 in	—	10
October	66.6°F	40.7°F	53.7°F	2.92 in	—	9
November	55.5°F	31.0°F	43.2°F	2.62 in	0.4 in	9
December	45.8°F	26.6°F	36.2°F	3.18 in	3.8 in	11