Zip 24328 (Fancy Gap, VA) Climate

24328 Fancy Gap, VA has a humid continental climate. Summers are typically hot and humid with occasional outbreaks of intense heat and humidity. Winters tend to be cold and rather wet, with an average temperature of 22 degrees Fahrenheit in January. Precipitation is spread throughout the year with higher amounts in the spring months and the highest monthly snowfall occurring between December and February. Snowfall accumulation can reach up to 30 inches during the winter season. Spring is quite warm and often brings flooding as well as thunderstorms that can bring severe weather conditions.

Fancy Gap (zip 24328), Virginia gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fancy Gap (zip 24328) averages 18 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 215 sunny days per year in Fancy Gap (zip 24328). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fancy Gap (zip 24328) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 112 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 21
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 18 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 24328 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Virginia.

8.7 Summer - 5.6 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 24328 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Fancy Gap, Virginia	United States
	43.9 in.	38.1 in.
	17.6 in.	27.8 in.
	112.1 days	106.2 days
	215 days	205 days
	82.5°	85.8°
	21.0°	21.7°
	7.3	7
	4.8	4.3
	2900 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 the 24328 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.5°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Virginia. In the 24328 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 24328 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 24328 zip code, there are 5.7 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 the 24328 zip code with an average of 21.0°. This is one of the coldest places in Virginia.

In the 24328 zip code, there are 123.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Virginia.

In the 24328 zip code, there are 0.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Virginia.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 24328 zip code 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.

June is the wettest month in the 24328 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 43.9 inches in the 24328 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Virginia.

May is the rainiest month in the 24328 zip code with 11.5 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.3 rainy days. There are 112.1 rainy days annually in the 24328 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Virginia. The rainiest season is Autumn 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 17.6 inches in the 24328 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Virginia. February is the snowiest month in the 24328 zip code with 5.8 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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