Tazewell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tazewell, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Burkes Garden, 16 km from Tazewell; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 47.6 in1208 mm
- Snow a year
- 47 in119 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 5,968
- Cooling degree days
- 301
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 85°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tazewell in January
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1929)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1082
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tazewell in February
Highs average 42°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2023)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 906
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tazewell in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 29°−2°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1929)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tazewell in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 37°3°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1930)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 477
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Tazewell in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 46°8°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1901)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 252
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Tazewell in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1931)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 69
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Tazewell in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1930)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 116
Tazewell in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 56°13°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1918)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 84
Tazewell in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1925)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 152
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Tazewell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 38°3°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2019)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 461
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Tazewell in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2003)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 747
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tazewell in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1898)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 980
- Cooling degree days
- 0