Charles City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Charles City, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at HOPEWELL, 20 km from Charles City; records cover 1916–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50.1 in1272 mm
- Snow a year
- 4 in9 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 26
- First fall freeze
- Nov 8
- Heating degree days
- 3,260
- Cooling degree days
- 1,741
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Charles City in January
Highs average 50°10° and lows 31°0°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2002)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 750
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Charles City in February
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°0°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1930)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 600
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Charles City in March
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°4°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1945)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 452
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Charles City in April
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.8 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1925)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 184
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Charles City in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1925)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 156
Charles City in June
Highs average 86°30° and lows 66°19°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1944)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 337
Charles City in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 71°21°, with 5.2 in132 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1998)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 468
Charles City in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 69°21°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1932)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 415
Charles City in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 63°17°, with 5.2 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1932)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 239
Charles City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 73°23° and lows 51°11°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1941)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 152
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Charles City in November
Highs average 62°17° and lows 41°5°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1993)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 406
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Charles City in December
Highs average 53°12° and lows 35°1°, with 3.8 in98 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1998)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 652
- Cooling degree days
- 2