Short Pump weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Short Pump, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ashland, 16 km from Short Pump; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 45.3 in1151 mm
- Snow a year
- 15 in37 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 8
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 3,994
- Cooling degree days
- 1,301
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 12°−11° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Short Pump in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1950)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 868
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Short Pump in February
Highs average 51°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1948)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 699
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Short Pump in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1907)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 538
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Short Pump in April
Highs average 71°22° and lows 45°7°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1896)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 241
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Short Pump in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1925)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 86
- Cooling degree days
- 105
Short Pump in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 63°17°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1899)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 251
Short Pump in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 68°20°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1901)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 377
Short Pump in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 66°19°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1900)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 331
Short Pump in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 60°15°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 166
Short Pump in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°21° and lows 48°9°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1954)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 237
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Short Pump in November
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1950)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 506
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Short Pump in December
Highs average 50°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1998)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 774
- Cooling degree days
- 0