#1Wise
Wise County · 2,853 peopleJuly high·January low 24°·1 days of 90°+ a year
Wise, #1 on this list · Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Virginia rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Virginia
Wise has the coolest summers of Virginia’s 225 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 80° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 88°; 1 of the 225 stay under 80°.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#2Bluefield
Tazewell County · 4,839 peopleJuly high·January low 23°·2 days of 90°+ a year
#3Norton
Norton city · 3,477 peopleJuly high·January low 25°·1 days of 90°+ a year
All 225 towns
July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 201 towns here).
225 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownJuly highDays ≥90°January low
T121University of Virginia College campusunincorporated, Albemarle County · 9,065 people3426°average low
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Virginia town has the coolest summers?
Wise (Wise County): July afternoons average a high of 80°. Bluefield (81°) and Norton (81°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (225 in Virginia): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Virginia page.
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