Afton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Afton, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Free Union, 23 km from Afton; records cover 2000–2025.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.8 in1188 mm
- Snow a year
- 11 in28 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 17
- First fall freeze
- Oct 29
- Heating degree days
- 4,641
- Cooling degree days
- 948
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 8°−13° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Afton in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2002)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 945
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Afton in February
Highs average 49°10° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2000)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 788
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Afton in March
Highs average 58°14° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2000)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 656
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Afton in April
Highs average 69°21° and lows 40°5°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2010)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 326
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Afton in May
Highs average 74°24° and lows 51°10°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2018)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 130
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Afton in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4.8 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2012)
- Record low
- 43°6° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 182
Afton in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 64°18°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2010)
- Record low
- 50°10° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 307
Afton in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2010)
- Record low
- 44°7° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 258
Afton in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5.1 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2023)
- Record low
- 38°3° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Afton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 44°6°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2019)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 295
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Afton in November
Highs average 59°15° and lows 33°0°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2003)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 575
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Afton in December
Highs average 49°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2001)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 848
- Cooling degree days
- 0