Average Precipitation for Virginia in February

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during February at cities and other locations around Virginia.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Coastal Virginia in the east, Piedmont or central Virginia, and the Mountains, including the Shenandoah Valley in the northwest and the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia.

Virginia's Mountains

Average monthly precipitation in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Abingdon 3.9 98
11 Blacksburg 2.8 72
13 Burkes Garden 3.7 93
8 Galax 3.1 79
9 Harrisonburg 2.2 56
10 Hot Springs 3.1 80
8 Mount Weather 3.0 75
10 Pennington Gap 4.4 111
10 Roanoke 2.9 73
7 Staunton 2.4 60
9 Winchester 2.2 57
15 Wise 4.4 111

Piedmont Virginia

February averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Arlington 2.6 67
9 Charlottesville 3.0 75
9 Danville 3.1 78
7 Fredericksburg 2.5 64
9 John H Kerr Dam 2.5 63
10 Lynchburg 2.9 74
9 Martinsville 3.0 77
9 Petersburg 2.7 69
9 Philpott Lake Dam 3.1 78
9 Richmond 2.6 66

Coastal Virginia

Average amount of rain and snow in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Cape Charles 2.9 74
10 Newport News 2.6 66
9 Norfolk 2.9 74
8 North River 2.9 74
10 Painter 3.1 78
10 Suffolk 3.0 75
10 Wallops Island 2.8 71
10 Williamsburg 3.1 77
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Virginia Precipitation
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