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United States / Virginia / No Metro Area / Wise County / St. Paul / Zip Codes
St. Paul, VA is located in the Appalachian Mountains in Southwest Virginia and has a humid subtropical climate. Summers are generally hot and humid with average high temperatures in July reaching into the mid-80s Fahrenheit. Winters are mild with average temperatures in January dropping to around 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation is fairly balanced throughout the year, with rain typically occurring more frequently during the summer months and snowfall occurring mainly between December and March. The area also experiences occasional thunderstorms and the occasional tornado during spring season.

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

St. Paul averages 22 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 196 sunny days per year in St. Paul. The US average is 205 sunny days.

St. Paul gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 144 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 21
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for St. Paul is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Virginia.

8.7 Summer - 5.3 Winter
September, June and August are the most pleasant months in St. Paul, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateSt. Paul, VirginiaUnited States
  44.8 in.38.1 in.
  22.0 in.27.8 in.
  143.9 days106.2 days
  196 days205 days
  82.3°85.8°
  21.4°21.7°
  7.27
  4.84.3
  1503 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 St. Paul with an average high temperature of 82.3°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Virginia. In St. Paul, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for St. Paul are September, June and August.
In St. Paul, there are 3.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Virginia.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for St. Paul with an average of 21.4°. This is colder than most places in Virginia.
In St. Paul, there are 124.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Virginia.
In St. Paul, there are 1.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Virginia.
The humidity is usually comfortable in St. Paul but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
July is the wettest month in St. Paul with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.8 inches in St. Paul means that it is wetter than most places in Virginia.
May is the rainiest month in St. Paul with 14.0 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.9 rainy days. There are 143.9 rainy days annually in St. Paul, which is one of the rainiest places in Virginia. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 22.0 inches in St. Paul means that it is one of the snowiest places in Virginia. January is the snowiest month in St. Paul with 7.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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