Winchester weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Winchester, Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Winchester 7 SE, 8 km from Winchester; records cover 1912–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40 in1015 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 5,199
- Cooling degree days
- 938
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 5°−15° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Winchester in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1034
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Winchester in February
Highs average 45°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2018)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 867
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Winchester in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1989)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 741
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Winchester in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°4°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1925)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 401
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Winchester in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1930)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 165
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Winchester in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 58°14°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 184
Winchester in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 63°17°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 309
Winchester in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 61°16°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 258
Winchester in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 54°12°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1953)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 71
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Winchester in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°20° and lows 41°5°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1927)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 342
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Winchester in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 32°0°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1950)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 630
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Winchester in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2001)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 918
- Cooling degree days
- 0