Madison, VA Climate


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Madison, VA has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The summer months are typically hot and humid, with temperatures reaching an average of 82°F and higher during the hottest days. Spring and fall offer mild temperatures, with average highs around 60°F and lows in the 40s. Winters in Madison are cold but mild, with occasional snowfall and temperatures usually dropping to 22°F. Throughout all of the seasons, Madison experiences plenty of rain showers that help keep the city lush and green.

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

Madison averages 20 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 199 sunny days per year in Madison. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Madison gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 118 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 20 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Madison is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Virginia.

8.3 Summer - 5.7 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Madison, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateMadison, VirginiaUnited States
  44.6 in.38.1 in.
  19.7 in.27.8 in.
  117.8 days106.2 days
  199 days205 days
  86.5°85.8°
  21.9°21.7°
  7.37
  4.14.3
  604 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 Madison with an average high temperature of 86.5°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Virginia. In Madison, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Madison are September, May and June.
In Madison, there are 24.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Virginia.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Madison with an average of 21.9°. This is colder than most places in Virginia.
In Madison, there are 112.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Virginia.
In Madison, there are 1.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Virginia.
The humidity is usually acceptable in Madison but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in Madison.
July is the wettest month in Madison with 5.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.6 inches in Madison means that it is wetter than most places in Virginia.
May is the rainiest month in Madison with 12.2 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.6 rainy days. There are 117.8 rainy days annually in Madison, which is rainier than most places in Virginia. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 19.7 inches in Madison means that it is snowier than most places in Virginia. January is the snowiest month in Madison with 6.8 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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