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United States / Virginia / No Metro Area / Buchanan County / Vansant / Zip Codes
Vansant, VA has a temperate climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average summer temperature is around 85 degrees Fahrenheit, and the average winter temperature is around 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall in Vansant, VA averages around 43 inches per year, with snowfall occurring an average of 2 times per year, usually in January and February. The area experiences a variety of weather patterns that range from sunny days to thunderstorms and occasionally hail or snow.

Vansant, Virginia gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Vansant averages 19 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 186 sunny days per year in Vansant. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Vansant gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 127 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 19 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

8.8 Summer - 5.5 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Vansant, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 Vansant with an average high temperature of 82.5°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Virginia. In Vansant, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Vansant are September, June and August.
In Vansant, there are 3.8 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 Vansant with an average of 21.8°. This is colder than most places in Virginia.
In Vansant, there are 121.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Virginia.
In Vansant, there are 0.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Virginia.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Vansant 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.
May is the wettest month in Vansant with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.4 inches in Vansant means that it is wetter than most places in Virginia.
May is the rainiest month in Vansant with 12.5 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.8 rainy days. There are 126.7 rainy days annually in Vansant, 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 18.6 inches in Vansant means that it is snowier than most places in Virginia. January is the snowiest month in Vansant with 6.1 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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