Blairs, VA Climate


Reviews



Download our custom City Report to see exclusive
data on cost of living, crime, climate, and more.
Blairs, VA has a humid subtropical climate with generally mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average high temperatures in the summer months range from the mid-80s to the lower 90s, while winter highs usually stay in the 50s or 60s. Rain is abundant throughout the year, with an annual average of around 44 inches. Snowfall is relatively uncommon and rarely exceeds two inches per year. Blairs experiences all four seasons, although they tend to be milder than some other parts of Virginia.

Blairs, Virginia gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Blairs averages 5 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 218 sunny days per year in Blairs. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Blairs gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 117 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 88 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 5 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Blairs is 7.5 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Virginia.

7.7 Summer - 6.2 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Blairs, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateBlairs, VirginiaUnited States
  44.9 in.38.1 in.
  5.2 in.27.8 in.
  116.7 days106.2 days
  218 days205 days
  87.9°85.8°
  26.1°21.7°
  7.57
  4.54.3
  676 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Blairs with an average high temperature of 87.9°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Virginia. In Blairs, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Blairs are May, September and June.
In Blairs, there are 30.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Virginia.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Blairs with an average of 26.1°. This is warmer than most places in Virginia.
In Blairs, there are 96.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Virginia.
In Blairs, there are 0.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Virginia.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Blairs during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Blairs.
July is the wettest month in Blairs with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 27% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.9 inches in Blairs means that it is wetter than most places in Virginia.
May is the rainiest month in Blairs with 11.4 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 8.0 rainy days. There are 116.7 rainy days annually in Blairs, which is about average compared to other places in Virginia. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 5.2 inches in Blairs means that it is one of the least snowy places in Virginia. January is the snowiest month in Blairs with 2.6 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
Jobs
Compare Blairs,
cost of living
Compare food, housing, utilities, and more in Blairs, Virginia to any other city in the US.