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United States › Virginia › Highland County › Climate Station MUSTOE 1 SW, VA US Distance 6.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Highland County home comfortable runs roughly $423 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Highland County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

79.5°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 18.4°F.

Highland County gets 46.86" of precipitation a year and 39.1" of snow, and 29% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

Temperature through the year

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

20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 38.8° 18.4° 3.64" 10.2"
February 42.4° 20.4° 3.28" 11.2"
March 50.5° 26.8° 4.34" 7.2"
April 61.7° 35.4° 4.34" 0.7"
May 69.7° 44.9° 4.94" 0.0"
June 76.3° 52.9° 4.35" 0.0"
July 79.5° 56.8° 4.14" 0.0"
August 78.2° 55.6° 3.80" 0.0"
September 72.5° 48.7° 4.03" 0.0"
October 62.9° 37.5° 2.94" 0.2"
November 52.1° 28.0° 3.38" 2.2"
December 42.4° 22.0° 3.68" 7.4"

Rainfall by month

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

January 3.64"
February 3.28"
March 4.34"
April 4.34"
May 4.94"
June 4.35"
July 4.14"
August 3.80"
September 4.03"
October 2.94"
November 3.38"
December 3.68"
Annual total 46.86"

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 310
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 6,140
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.22¢/kWh, Virginia average $53
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $370

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 Highland County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Highland County?

Highland County averages a high of 79.5°F in July and a low of 18.4°F in January. Annual precipitation is 46.86 inches, including 39.1 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Highland County?

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

How hot does it get in Highland County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 79.5°F. That drives 310 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Highland County?

Yes. Highland County averages 39.1 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station MUSTOE 1 SW, VA US (USC00445880), 6.2 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.