Cost to Own
United StatesVirginiaCharlotte CountyClimate Station CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE, VA US Distance 3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Charlotte County home comfortable runs roughly $467 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Charlotte County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

87.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 26.9°F.

Charlotte County gets 46.61" of precipitation a year and 7.7" 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 46.8° 26.9° 3.79" 3.0"
February 50.9° 28.8° 3.00" 3.0"
March 58.4° 35.7° 4.01" 0.8"
April 69.3° 44.7° 3.76" 0.0"
May 76.4° 53.9° 4.68" 0.0"
June 83.9° 63.1° 3.95" 0.0"
July 87.3° 67.4° 4.82" 0.0"
August 85.6° 65.4° 3.91" 0.0"
September 79.8° 58.9° 4.47" 0.0"
October 69.6° 46.2° 3.58" 0.0"
November 58.6° 35.9° 3.21" 0.0"
December 50.8° 30.6° 3.43" 0.9"

Rainfall by month

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

January 3.79"
February 3.00"
March 4.01"
April 3.76"
May 4.68"
June 3.95"
July 4.82"
August 3.91"
September 4.47"
October 3.58"
November 3.21"
December 3.43"
Annual total 46.61"

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 1,288
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,069
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.22¢/kWh, Virginia average $222
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $245

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 Charlotte County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Charlotte County?

Charlotte County averages a high of 87.3°F in July and a low of 26.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 46.61 inches, including 7.7 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Charlotte 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 Charlotte County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 87.3°F. That drives 1,288 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Charlotte County?

Yes. Charlotte County averages 7.7 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE, VA US (USC00441585), 3 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.