Average Precipitation for Virginia in May
The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during May at cities, towns and parks in Virginia.
Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. Most sites also have information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.
The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
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
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Abingdon | 4.6 | 117 |
| 14 | Blacksburg | 4.3 | 110 |
| 15 | Burkes Garden | 4.8 | 121 |
| 11 | Galax | 3.9 | 100 |
| 14 | Hot Springs | 4.2 | 106 |
| 12 | Mount Weather | 4.5 | 114 |
| 12 | Pennington Gap | 4.9 | 124 |
| 12 | Roanoke | 4.1 | 103 |
| 12 | Staunton | 3.7 | 95 |
| 13 | Winchester | 3.9 | 98 |
| 15 | Wise | 4.6 | 117 |
Piedmont Virginia
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Arlington | 4.0 | 101 |
| 13 | Charlottesville | 4.6 | 118 |
| 11 | Danville | 4.1 | 104 |
| 13 | Fredericksburg | 4.1 | 104 |
| 11 | John H Kerr Dam | 3.6 | 91 |
| 12 | Lynchburg | 3.7 | 95 |
| – | Philpott Lake Dam | 4.5 | 113 |
| 11 | Richmond | 3.8 | 96 |
Coastal Virginia
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Colonial Beach | 4.1 | 105 |
| 11 | Mathews | 3.8 | 96 |
| – | Newport News | 3.7 | 95 |
| 11 | Norfolk | 3.4 | 87 |
| 10 | Painter | 3.3 | 84 |
| 11 | Suffolk | 3.8 | 97 |
| 11 | Williamsburg | 4.0 | 102 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. NOAA's 1981-2010 Climate Normals.