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Seven Mile Ford, Virginia Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Saltville 1N, 15.3 km from Seven Mile Ford

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 84°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 23°F. A normal year brings 48.1 in of precipitation and 10.3 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Marion / Wytheville (MKJ), since 1896. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Seven Mile Ford through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
76°F
Normal low
51°F
Record high
84°Fin 2007
Record low
25°Fin 1903
Chance of a wet day
30%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January44°F23°F76°F (1929)-23°F (1985)3.80 in12.61.9 in24.49700
February48°F25°F73°F (2023)-24°F (1970)3.77 in12.04.2 in22.27940
March57°F31°F81°F (1929)-10°F (1960)4.35 in12.61.6 in18.16530
April68°F39°F86°F (1930)3°F (1923)4.28 in12.20.1 in7.43585
May75°F49°F92°F (1901)19°F (1986)4.30 in14.30.0 in0.814348
June82°F58°F94°F (1931)26°F (1930)4.39 in13.60.0 in0.020155
July84°F62°F97°F (1930)31°F (1926)5.14 in13.60.0 in0.02253
August84°F61°F96°F (1918)30°F (1924)4.53 in11.90.0 in0.03224
September79°F54°F92°F (1925)21°F (1983)3.46 in9.20.0 in0.056101
October69°F41°F88°F (2019)9°F (1952)2.97 in9.40.0 in5.832010
November58°F31°F77°F (2003)-3°F (1904)3.04 in9.70.1 in19.06290
December48°F26°F74°F (1898)-27°F (1917)4.12 in12.52.4 in23.08730
Year66°F42°F48.15 in14410.3 in1214,818796

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

48.1 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Seven Mile Ford, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Saltville 1N.

10.3 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Saltville 1N. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 23 and the first fall freeze around October 20, a growing season of about 178 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 5, first October 11
Median at 32°F
last April 23, first October 20
Median at 28°F
last April 9, first October 29

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Seven Mile Ford.

The muggiest month is July, when 29 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January26°F84%99%1%0%0%0%0%
February28°F83%99%1%0%0%0%0%
March34°F81%98%2%0%0%0%0%
April43°F78%88%11%1%0%0%0%
May52°F79%53%28%18%1%0%0%
June59°F79%23%24%40%13%0%0%
July62°F76%11%20%40%29%0%0%
August60°F74%20%28%38%14%0%0%
September53°F73%55%24%18%3%0%0%
October43°F74%88%9%3%0%0%0%
November34°F77%98%2%0%0%0%0%
December29°F83%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 56 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 74 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is February, averaging 6.7 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 14 h 42 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 38 min.

Hours of daylight at Seven Mile Ford through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Smyth County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Smyth County: 70.9°F (+1.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 16th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Smyth County: 5.53 in (+1.46 in against 1991-2020), the 24th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Smyth County: 54.8°F (+1.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 12th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Smyth County: 30.97 in (-2.98 in against 1991-2020), the 45th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
73.8°F in 2007
Coolest August
64.3°F in 1946
Wettest August
11.41 in in 1901
Driest August
1.42 in in 1997

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Smyth County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

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Month pages

The weather in Seven Mile Ford in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1896. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00447506 (Saltville 1N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00441209, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.