Average Temperatures for Virginia in January
Average temperatures for January at cities and other locations throughout Virginia are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
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.
The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.
Virginia's Mountains
| High °F | Low °F | Place | High °C | Low °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 24 | Abingdon | 7 | -4 |
| 42 | 22 | Blacksburg | 5 | -6 |
| 39 | 21 | Burkes Garden | 4 | -6 |
| 42 | 23 | Galax | 6 | -5 |
| 42 | 23 | Harrisonburg | 6 | -5 |
| 40 | 22 | Hot Springs | 4 | -6 |
| 40 | 22 | Mount Weather | 4 | -5 |
| 45 | 23 | Pennington Gap | 7 | -5 |
| 47 | 29 | Roanoke | 8 | -2 |
| 42 | 25 | Staunton | 6 | -4 |
| 41 | 24 | Winchester | 5 | -5 |
| 43 | 25 | Wise | 6 | -4 |
Piedmont Virginia
| High °F | Low °F | Place | High °C | Low °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 30 | Arlington | 7 | -1 |
| 45 | 28 | Charlottesville | 7 | -2 |
| 50 | 27 | Danville | 10 | -3 |
| 46 | 25 | Fredericksburg | 8 | -4 |
| 51 | 29 | John H Kerr Dam | 10 | -2 |
| 46 | 26 | Lynchburg | 8 | -3 |
| 48 | 24 | Martinsville | 9 | -5 |
| 49 | 28 | Petersburg | 10 | -2 |
| 48 | 26 | Philpott Lake Dam | 9 | -3 |
| 48 | 29 | Richmond | 9 | -2 |
Coastal Virginia
| High °F | Low °F | Place | High °C | Low °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 32 | Cape Charles | 8 | 0 |
| 49 | 31 | Newport News | 9 | -1 |
| 51 | 34 | Norfolk | 10 | 1 |
| 47 | 29 | North River | 8 | -1 |
| 48 | 30 | Painter | 9 | -1 |
| 49 | 31 | Suffolk | 10 | 0 |
| 46 | 30 | Wallops Island | 8 | -1 |
| 49 | 31 | Williamsburg | 10 | -1 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.