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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1981 1-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	3.9°F (2.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2017
Mar–Apr 1981 2-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1926, 1960
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1921, 1945
Feb–Apr 1981 3-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1895
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1973
Jan–Apr 1981 4-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	42.5°F (5.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1940, 1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
Dec 1980–Apr 1981 5-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1959
Nov 1980–Apr 1981 6-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	42.1°F (5.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
Oct 1980–Apr 1981 7-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904, 1918
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
	Ties: 1956
Sep 1980–Apr 1981 8-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1924, 1988, 2001, 2015
Aug 1980–Apr 1981 9-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1960, 1962, 1979
Jul 1980–Apr 1981 10-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1987, 1988
Jun 1980–Apr 1981 11-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1934, 1960
May 1980–Apr 1981 12-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1930
Nov 1979–Apr 1981 18-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1928, 1940, 1993
May 1979–Apr 1981 24-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1977, 2015
May 1978–Apr 1981 36-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1970
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2021, 2022
	Ties: 1907, 1916, 1941, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983
May 1977–Apr 1981 48-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1970
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2020, 2022
	Ties: 1908, 1921, 1979
May 1976–Apr 1981 60-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1970
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1908, 1968, 1969, 1971

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/