Monterey weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Monterey, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bartow 1s, 21 km from Monterey; records cover 1944–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 43.8 in1112 mm
- Snow a year
- 67 in171 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 6,634
- Cooling degree days
- 250
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −3°−19° (heating, 99%) and 86°30° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Monterey in January
Highs average 35°2° and lows 17°−8°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1949)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1203
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monterey in February
Highs average 39°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 17 in44 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2017)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1008
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monterey in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 26°−4°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2020)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monterey in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 35°2°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2009)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 530
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Monterey in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 45°7°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1996)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 280
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Monterey in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 53°12°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2012)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 93
- Cooling degree days
- 48
Monterey in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°14°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2024)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Monterey in August
Highs average 76°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1948)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 71
Monterey in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1993)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 183
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Monterey in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 37°3°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2019)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 493
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Monterey in November
Highs average 49°9° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2003)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 799
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monterey in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1982)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1073
- Cooling degree days
- 0