Weather by month
Virginia Beach
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Virginia Beach gets a real winter and a properly humid summer, with two long, generous shoulder seasons in between that most visitors miss entirely.
The best time to come
September is the pick — the ocean is at its warmest, the crowds have gone back to school, and the Neptune Festival takes over the Boardwalk at the end of the month. May and October are the quieter alternatives if you would rather have the beach to yourself than the water at its best.
The year at a glance
| Month | Highs / lows | Temperature range | Wet days | Snow | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° / 32° | 2 | 2.2 in | 46° | |
| February | 53° / 33° | 6 | 0.8 in | 44° | |
| March | 59° / 39° | 7 | — | 48° | |
| April | 69° / 48° | 7 | — | 55° | |
| May ● | 76° / 56° | 7 | — | 63° | |
| June | 83° / 66° | 7 | — | 72° | |
| July | 87° / 70° | 8 | — | 76° | |
| August | 85° / 69° | 7 | — | 77° | |
| September ● | 80° / 64° | 6 | — | 75° | |
| October ● | 71° / 53° | 5 | — | 68° | |
| November | 61° / 42° | 5 | — | 60° | |
| December | 54° / 35° | 6 | — | 52° |
Virginia Beach facts
- Sits at about 20 ft above sea level.
- 46.6 in of rain and melted snow in a typical year, with July the wettest month.
- 3.4 in of snow in a typical winter.
- July runs hottest (87° afternoons); January nights are the coldest (32°).