Rural Retreat weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rural Retreat, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wytheville, 20 km from Rural Retreat; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.7 in1059 mm
- Snow a year
- 18 in47 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 1
- First fall freeze
- Oct 16
- Heating degree days
- 5,118
- Cooling degree days
- 638
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 7°−14° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Rural Retreat in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1950)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 996
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rural Retreat in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 26°−4°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1977)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 819
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rural Retreat in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 31°0°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1954)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 694
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rural Retreat in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 39°4°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1976)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 398
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Rural Retreat in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°9°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1900)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 176
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Rural Retreat in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 122
Rural Retreat in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1988)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 213
Rural Retreat in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2010)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 183
Rural Retreat in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1900)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 84
- Cooling degree days
- 73
Rural Retreat in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 41°5°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2019)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 360
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Rural Retreat in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1898)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 652
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rural Retreat in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1978)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 893
- Cooling degree days
- 0