Virginia Beach Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Virginia Beach, Virginia during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Virginia Beach, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 32 | January | 10 | 0 |
| 53 | 35 | February | 12 | 2 |
| 59 | 41 | March | 15 | 5 |
| 70 | 51 | April | 21 | 11 |
| 78 | 61 | May | 26 | 16 |
| 86 | 69 | June | 30 | 21 |
| 89 | 73 | July | 32 | 23 |
| 86 | 72 | August | 30 | 22 |
| 82 | 68 | September | 28 | 20 |
| 73 | 56 | October | 23 | 14 |
| 61 | 44 | November | 16 | 7 |
| 55 | 39 | December | 13 | 4 |
| 70 | 54 | Year | 21 | 12 |
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 34 | January | 10 | 1 |
| 53 | 35 | February | 12 | 2 |
| 60 | 41 | March | 16 | 5 |
| 70 | 50 | April | 21 | 10 |
| 77 | 59 | May | 25 | 15 |
| 85 | 68 | June | 30 | 20 |
| 89 | 73 | July | 32 | 23 |
| 87 | 72 | August | 31 | 22 |
| 81 | 67 | September | 27 | 19 |
| 72 | 55 | October | 22 | 13 |
| 62 | 44 | November | 17 | 7 |
| 55 | 38 | December | 13 | 3 |
| 70 | 53 | Year | 21 | 12 |
Days of Hot Weather in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach usually avoids excessively high temperatures for most of summer. July, the hottest month, averages highs in the 90s Fahrenheit for about half the days.
While the temperature can reach 100 °F (38 °C) at Virginia Beach, it is uncommon, happening an average of once a year.
| 70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| May | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| June | 29 | 22 | 8 |
| July | 31 | 29 | 15 |
| August | 31 | 27 | 9 |
| September | 29 | 16 | 2 |
| October | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 197 | 122 | 36 |
How Often Virginia Beach Has Cold Temperatures
About a third of winter nights at Virginia Beach have freezing temperatures. Typically four of those nights drop to 20 °F or below. But the thermometer doesn't normally go as low as 10 °F (-12 °C).
Virginia Beach can count on daytime highs to climb above freezing for all but two or three days a year. Most of those frosty days occur in January.
| 20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C |
40 °F 4 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| February | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| March | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| April | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| December | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| Year | 4 | 41 | 95 |
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.