Zip 23415 (New Church, VA) Climate

23415 New Church, VA has a humid subtropical climate with mild winters and warm summers. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 82°F and the average low temperature in winter is around 38°F. Precipitation is relatively common throughout the year, with December and January being the wettest months on average and July having the least precipitation. The area also occasionally experiences severe weather events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods.

New Church (zip 23415), Virginia gets 43 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

New Church (zip 23415) averages 8 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 213 sunny days per year in New Church (zip 23415). The US average is 205 sunny days.

New Church (zip 23415) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 108 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 28
Rain: averages 43 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 8 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 23415 zip code is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Virginia.

7.8 Summer - 6.2 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 23415 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	New Church, Virginia	United States
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	86.4°	85.8°
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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 23415 zip code with an average high temperature of 86.4°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Virginia. In the 23415 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 23415 zip code are September, June and May.

In the 23415 zip code, there are 19.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Virginia.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 23415 zip code with an average of 27.7°. This is warmer than most places in Virginia.

In the 23415 zip code, there are 75.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Virginia.

In the 23415 zip code, there are 0.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Virginia.

Humidity in the 23415 zip code can be uncomfortable during the summer, but comfortable for most of the year. The most uncomfortably humid months are July, August and June. The humid season runs from June-September and the most comfortable months are October-May.

August is the wettest month in the 23415 zip code with 4.4 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 43.0 inches in the 23415 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Virginia.

April is the rainiest month in the 23415 zip code with 10.2 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.3 rainy days. There are 107.9 rainy days annually in the 23415 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 7.7 inches in the 23415 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Virginia. February is the snowiest month in the 23415 zip code with 3.1 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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