Statewide areal climate 1951–2025

Virginia

A 45.7" / 56.3°F normal · 2025 ran 95% of normal precipitation. 132 counties.
2026 so far · through Jul 25: This area is at 75% (19.38") of the 1996–2025 to-date normal — the 5th driest start of 76 years. Temperature +1.2°F vs normal. U.S. year-to-date →

Normal (1996–2025)

45.7in
annual precipitation · 56.3°F

2025 vs Normal

95%
43.3" · 56.6°F (+0.3 vs normal)

Wettest Year

63.4in
2018

Driest Year

32.7in
1965

Biggest Rain Day

3.29in
Sep 19 · 2003

Warmest Year

58.0°F
2024

Record

1951–2025
75 complete years · NOAA nClimGrid

Where 2025 Ran Wet & Dry

Every county in Virginia by its 2025 precipitation vs the 1996–2025 normal.
Where 2025 Ran Wet & Dry

Monthly Climate

36°
J
39°
F
46°
M
56°
A
64°
M
72°
J
76°
J
74°
A
68°
S
57°
O
47°
N
39°
D
—— normal temperature (°F) · ▮ normal precipitation (in) · 1996–2025

Counties (132)

Accomack CountyAlbemarle CountyAlexandria cityAlleghany CountyAmelia CountyAmherst CountyAppomattox CountyArlington CountyAugusta CountyBath CountyBedford CountyBland CountyBotetourt CountyBristol cityBrunswick CountyBuchanan CountyBuckingham CountyBuena Vista cityCampbell CountyCaroline CountyCarroll CountyCharles City CountyCharlotte CountyCharlottesville cityChesapeake cityChesterfield CountyClarke CountyColonial Heights cityCovington cityCraig CountyCulpeper CountyCumberland CountyDanville cityDickenson CountyDinwiddie CountyEmporia cityEssex CountyFairfax CountyFairfax cityFalls Church cityFauquier CountyFloyd CountyFluvanna CountyFranklin CountyFranklin cityFrederick CountyFredericksburg cityGalax cityGiles CountyGloucester CountyGoochland CountyGrayson CountyGreene CountyGreensville CountyHalifax CountyHampton cityHanover CountyHarrisonburg cityHenrico CountyHenry CountyHighland CountyHopewell cityIsle of Wight CountyJames City CountyKing George CountyKing William CountyKing and Queen CountyLancaster CountyLee CountyLoudoun CountyLouisa CountyLunenburg CountyLynchburg cityMadison CountyManassas Park cityManassas cityMartinsville cityMathews CountyMecklenburg CountyMiddlesex CountyMontgomery CountyNelson CountyNew Kent CountyNewport News cityNorfolk cityNorthampton CountyNorthumberland CountyNorton cityNottoway CountyOrange CountyPage CountyPatrick CountyPetersburg cityPittsylvania CountyPoquoson cityPortsmouth cityPowhatan CountyPrince Edward CountyPrince George CountyPrince William CountyPulaski CountyRadford cityRappahannock CountyRichmond CountyRichmond cityRoanoke CountyRoanoke cityRockbridge CountyRockingham CountyRussell CountySalem cityScott CountyShenandoah CountySmyth CountySouthampton CountySpotsylvania CountyStafford CountyStaunton citySuffolk citySurry CountySussex CountyTazewell CountyVirginia Beach cityWarren CountyWashington CountyWaynesboro cityWestmoreland CountyWilliamsburg cityWinchester cityWise CountyWythe CountyYork County
Areal nClimGrid averages (NOAA/NCEI) over the whole area — an average across the region, not a single station. Separate from the station records.
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