McDowell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in McDowell, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mustoe 1 SW, 14 km from McDowell; records cover 1994–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.9 in1190 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in99 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 6,139
- Cooling degree days
- 308
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 0°−18° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
McDowell in January
Highs average 39°4° and lows 18°−8°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2002)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 1128
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McDowell in February
Highs average 42°6° and lows 20°−6°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2000)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 941
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McDowell in March
Highs average 51°10° and lows 27°−3°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2020)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 817
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McDowell in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 35°2°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2002)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 494
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McDowell in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 45°7°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1996)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 250
- Cooling degree days
- 11
McDowell in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 53°12°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2012)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 71
- Cooling degree days
- 59
McDowell in July
Highs average 80°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1999)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 120
McDowell in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2021)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 34
- Cooling degree days
- 92
McDowell in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°9°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 156
- Cooling degree days
- 24
McDowell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 38°3°, with 2.9 in75 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2019)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 461
- Cooling degree days
- 2
McDowell in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2003)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 748
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McDowell in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2001)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 1017
- Cooling degree days
- 0