Cost to Own
United StatesVirginiaBland CountyClimate Station BLAND, VA US Distance 2.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Bland County home comfortable runs roughly $411 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Bland County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

81.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 21.1°F.

Bland County gets 43.33" of precipitation a year and 26.9" of snow, and 29% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 42.0° 21.1° 3.45" 8.6"
February 45.4° 22.8° 3.07" 7.0"
March 53.4° 28.2° 4.14" 4.2"
April 63.9° 36.1° 3.87" 0.9"
May 71.9° 45.2° 4.38" 0.0"
June 78.3° 53.7° 4.26" 0.0"
July 81.8° 57.9° 4.01" 0.0"
August 81.0° 56.4° 3.67" 0.0"
September 75.9° 49.7° 3.61" 0.0"
October 66.2° 38.1° 2.75" 0.2"
November 55.2° 28.7° 2.50" 0.6"
December 45.8° 24.0° 3.62" 5.4"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 29% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 3.45"
February 3.07"
March 4.14"
April 3.87"
May 4.38"
June 4.26"
July 4.01"
August 3.67"
September 3.61"
October 2.75"
November 2.50"
December 3.62"
Annual total 43.33"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 448
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,544
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.22¢/kWh, Virginia average $77
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $334

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Bland County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Bland County?

Bland County averages a high of 81.8°F in July and a low of 21.1°F in January. Annual precipitation is 43.33 inches, including 26.9 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Bland County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 29% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Bland County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 81.8°F. That drives 448 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Bland County?

Yes. Bland County averages 26.9 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station BLAND, VA US (USC00440792), 2.2 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Virginia residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.