Zip 23002 (Amelia Court House, VA) Climate

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Amelia Court House (zip 23002), Virginia gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Amelia Court House (zip 23002) averages 9 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 206 sunny days per year in Amelia Court House (zip 23002). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Amelia Court House (zip 23002) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 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 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 9 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 23002 zip code is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Virginia.

7.6 Summer - 6.2 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 23002 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 the 23002 zip code with an average high temperature of 88.9°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Virginia. In the 23002 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 23002 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 23002 zip code, there are 37.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Virginia.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 23002 zip code with an average of 24.5°. This is about average compared to other places in Virginia.

In the 23002 zip code, there are 102.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Virginia.

In the 23002 zip code, there are 0.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Virginia.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 23002 zip code 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 the 23002 zip code.

August is the wettest month in the 23002 zip code 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 23% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.2 inches in the 23002 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Virginia.

May is the rainiest month in the 23002 zip code with 10.5 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.0 rainy days. There are 109.4 rainy days annually in the 23002 zip code, which is less rainy than most 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 8.6 inches in the 23002 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Virginia. January is the snowiest month in the 23002 zip code with 3.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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