Average Snowfall for Virginia in January
The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and other locations in Virginia. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.
The snowfall 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
| Days | Place | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | Blacksburg | 7.7 | 19.6 |
| 6.6 | Burkes Garden | 13.2 | 33.5 |
| 2.1 | Galax | 4.6 | 11.7 |
| 2.8 | Harrisonburg | 4.2 | 10.7 |
| 2.6 | Hot Springs | 8.0 | 20.3 |
| 1.8 | Pennington Gap | 3.5 | 8.9 |
| 2.0 | Roanoke | 4.3 | 10.9 |
| 2.2 | Staunton | 5.4 | 13.7 |
| 3.2 | Winchester | 6.9 | 17.5 |
| 7.8 | Wise | 12.8 | 32.5 |
Piedmont Virginia
| Days | Place | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | Arlington | 4.9 | 12.4 |
| 2.2 | Charlottesville | 3.9 | 9.9 |
| 0.9 | Danville | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.4 | Fredericksburg | 3.7 | 9.4 |
| 1.7 | Lynchburg | 3.5 | 8.9 |
| 0.7 | Martinsville | 3.3 | 8.4 |
| 1.9 | Richmond | 3.7 | 9.4 |
Coastal Virginia
| Days | Place | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Norfolk | 3.2 | 8.1 |
| 1.6 | North River | 4.2 | 10.7 |
| 1.2 | Painter | 3.4 | 8.6 |
| 1.2 | Suffolk | 3.1 | 7.9 |
| 2.0 | Wallops Island | 3.5 | 8.9 |
| 0.5 | Williamsburg | 1.7 | 4.3 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.