Average Temperatures for Virginia in January
Average temperatures for January at cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout Virginia are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
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
| High °F | Low °F | Place | High °C | Low °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 23 | Abingdon | 6 | -5 |
| 42 | 21 | Blacksburg | 5 | -6 |
| 38 | 20 | Burkes Garden | 3 | -7 |
| 42 | 22 | Galax | 5 | -6 |
| 40 | 20 | Hot Springs | 4 | -6 |
| 39 | 23 | Mount Weather | 4 | -5 |
| 44 | 22 | Pennington Gap | 7 | -6 |
| 46 | 28 | Roanoke | 8 | -3 |
| 42 | 23 | Staunton | 5 | -5 |
| 40 | 23 | Winchester | 5 | -5 |
| 42 | 25 | Wise | 5 | -4 |
Piedmont Virginia
| High °F | Low °F | Place | High °C | Low °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 29 | Arlington | 6 | -2 |
| 45 | 27 | Charlottesville | 7 | -3 |
| 48 | 27 | Danville | 9 | -3 |
| 45 | 24 | Fredericksburg | 7 | -4 |
| 50 | 28 | John H Kerr Dam | 10 | -2 |
| 45 | 25 | Lynchburg | 7 | -4 |
| 46 | 26 | Philpott Lake Dam | 8 | -4 |
| 47 | 28 | Richmond | 9 | -2 |
Coastal Virginia
| High °F | Low °F | Place | High °C | Low °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 34 | Back Bay Wildlife Reserve | 9 | 1 |
| 48 | 27 | Colonial Beach | 9 | -3 |
| 50 | 34 | Hampton | 10 | 1 |
| 48 | 27 | Mathews | 9 | -3 |
| 50 | 32 | Newport News | 10 | 0 |
| 48 | 33 | Norfolk | 9 | 0 |
| 47 | 31 | Painter | 9 | -1 |
| 49 | 31 | Suffolk | 9 | 0 |
| 44 | 31 | Tangier Island | 7 | -1 |
| 47 | 30 | Williamsburg | 9 | -1 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. NOAA's 1981-2010 Climate Normals.