Virginia Beach, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from OCEANA NAS, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Virginia Beach has an annual average temperature of 59.8°F with about 46.6 inches of precipitation per year and 3.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.6°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.76 in) and February the driest (2.84 in). Snow typically falls from December through February.
Best time to visit Virginia Beach
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All-time records →86 of 366 (23.5%) of Virginia Beach'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 | 27 | |
| 1950s | 28 | |
| 1960s | 15 | |
| 1970s | 37 | |
| 1980s | 64 | |
| 1990s | 45 | |
| 2000s | 47 | |
| 2010s | 66 | |
| 2020s | 37 |
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 | 50.3°F | 31.6°F | 40.9°F | 3.17 in | 2.2 in | 10 |
| February | 52.6°F | 33.2°F | 42.9°F | 2.84 in | 0.8 in | 10 |
| March | 58.6°F | 38.9°F | 48.8°F | 3.57 in | — | 11 |
| April | 68.6°F | 47.7°F | 58.2°F | 3.37 in | — | 10 |
| May | 75.5°F | 56.3°F | 65.9°F | 3.65 in | — | 11 |
| June | 83.3°F | 65.5°F | 74.4°F | 4.15 in | — | 10 |
| July | 87.4°F | 70.3°F | 78.9°F | 5.76 in | — | 12 |
| August | 85.4°F | 69.1°F | 77.2°F | 5.09 in | — | 11 |
| September | 79.9°F | 64.0°F | 71.9°F | 4.55 in | — | 8 |
| October | 71.2°F | 52.7°F | 61.9°F | 4.15 in | — | 8 |
| November | 61.3°F | 41.5°F | 51.4°F | 3.06 in | — | 9 |
| December | 54.0°F | 35.4°F | 44.7°F | 3.26 in | 0.4 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Virginia Beach
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