How is weather in Virginia usually?

[rvabread22]

Virginia winters are unpredictable. Some winters are little to no snow at all, and relatively mild. Then every 10 years or so, we get hit with a huge snow storm. December temps can have amazing difference- 1 day you will be 50 and then the next 80. By January the temps stay in the 40s/50s and I think February is actually our coldest month

But right around St Patrick's Day its just very nice and its very rare to have snow past February. I think the summers are nice- even if they are hotter and more humid. I think its funny but DC tends to be more humid than Richmond. But the difference between Virginia and say, New England, is that while it can get hot up there, Virginia's heat lingers a lot longer. Well into October.

[bmatda]

With 60+ days of 90+ degree temps and extreme humidity here in SW Virginia (the part that everyone forgets exists), this summer has been hotter than normal. Last year we had little snow down here. This year we could have a blizzard. Virginia weather across the state is as varied as it's landscape.

[tantan1968]

Originally Posted by rvabread22

Virginia winters are unpredictable. Some winters are little to no snow at all, and relatively mild. Then every 10 years or so, we get hit with a huge snow storm. December temps can have amazing difference- 1 day you will be 50 and then the next 80. By January the temps stay in the 40s/50s and I think February is actually our coldest month

But right around St Patrick's Day its just very nice and its very rare to have snow past February. I think the summers are nice- even if they are hotter and more humid. I think its funny but DC tends to be more humid than Richmond. But the difference between Virginia and say, New England, is that while it can get hot up there, Virginia's heat lingers a lot longer. Well into October.

Pretty accurate though the part that how some winters are little to no snow at all not that is true with Richmond and Hampton Roads but Roanoke ?? NOVA ?? The Harrisonburg & Winchester regions ?? I am not too sure about that. Actually last year on the Winchester Facebook page a question was asked whether or not has that city even seen a snow less winter. According to many of the old timers who had lived in that area for generations they can't remember a time when no snow had fallen during a winter but they did remember one winter back in the early 70s ( 1972 I think ) where only an inch or so had fallen during the whole winter but that happened just once.

[The Dissenter]

When you move to Virginia, you should remove the words "usual weather" from your vocabulary. Weather is very much a wild card here.

[lordwillin02]

we got hit by a massive snow storm this year. but if i remember correctly a couple years ago Christmas was like 80 degrees.

it's impossible to predict

[tantan1968]

Originally Posted by The Dissenter

When you move to Virginia, you should remove the words "usual weather" from your vocabulary. Weather is very much a wild card here.

This is true. When I lived in Virginia I can remember a few times when one town would get a lot of snow while another town in the same region would get nothing at all. I can remember one time in the late 1970s when Front Royal got well over a foot of snow while just 20 miles or so to the north in Winchester they only got an inch while DC received just a little rain. In those days the main weatherman on local DC television was Willard Scott ( yes THAT Willard Scott ) and even he was shocked at the amount of snow Front Royal had received while yet down I-66 in Manassas nothing at all.