United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Chincoteague.

May leads for comfortable weather in Chincoteague: typically 22.6°C by day, 13°C at night, with 81 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortMay

Typical high22.6°C

Typical low13°C

Rain in May81 mm

Comfort

May

May · September · June

81climate match

Beach

August

August · July · June

80climate match

Outdoors

October

October · April · May

81climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 6 against May’s 81 — days reach only 7.9°C, 16° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

67.9° / -1.5°

Feb

149.1° / -0.6°

Mar

2612.6° / 2.7°

Apr

5617.9° / 7.7°

May

8122.6° / 13°

Jun

7227.4° / 18.4°

Jul

5330.1° / 21.3°

Aug

5929.1° / 20.4°

Sep

7626° / 17.2°

Oct

6820.6° / 10.7°

Nov

4314.8° / 4.8°

Dec

1610.3° / 0.8°

Monthly climate evidence for Chincoteague — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 7 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	7.9°C	-1.5°C	80 mm	8.4	7.0°C	9 h 48	6	Strong coverage
February	9.1°C	-0.6°C	71 mm	7.6	5.2°C	10 h 43	14	Strong coverage
March	12.6°C	2.7°C	99 mm	8.6	6.3°C	11 h 50	26	Strong coverage
April	17.9°C	7.7°C	79 mm	8.6	9.9°C	13 h 07	56	Strong coverage
May	22.6°C	13°C	81 mm	8	14.9°C	14 h 12	81	Strong coverage
June	27.4°C	18.4°C	86 mm	7.4	20.4°C	14 h 47	72	Strong coverage
July	30.1°C	21.3°C	111 mm	8.8	24.1°C	14 h 33	53	Strong coverage
August	29.1°C	20.4°C	110 mm	7.5	24.5°C	13 h 38	59	Strong coverage
September	26°C	17.2°C	110 mm	6.8	23.1°C	12 h 23	76	Strong coverage
October	20.6°C	10.7°C	102 mm	6.7	19.5°C	11 h 09	68	Strong coverage
November	14.8°C	4.8°C	73 mm	6.5	14.5°C	10 h 04	43	Strong coverage
December	10.3°C	0.8°C	95 mm	8.4	10.3°C	9 h 33	16	Strong coverage

What has changed

Chincoteague runs +2.0°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan

+2.2

Feb

+3.0

Mar

+2.2

Apr

+2.3

May

+2.3

Jun

+2.3

Jul

+2.3

Aug

+1.2

Sep

+1.5

Oct

+1.8

Nov

+0.9

Dec

+2.4

May daytime highs, 2011–2025. Last recorded: 23.4°C.

Records at WALLOPS IS NASA TEST FACILITY, 1966–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	26.1°C30 Jan 2002	-17.8°C19 Jan 1994	90 mm28 Jan 1998	186 mm1998 · driest 22 mm in 1981	60
February	26.1°C27 Feb 1997	-18.2°C20 Feb 2015	73 mm4 Feb 1998	159 mm2021 · driest 11 mm in 2009	60
March	30.0°C13 Mar 1990	-10.0°C3 Mar 2009	90 mm2 Mar 1994	241 mm1994 · driest 7 mm in 2006	60
April	33.9°C26 Apr 1990	-3.2°C3 Apr 2021	63 mm22 Apr 1972	132 mm2023 · driest 9 mm in 2026	60
May	36.1°C31 May 1991	0.6°C10 May 2020	70 mm31 May 1979	206 mm2016 · driest 11 mm in 1991	60
June	37.8°C29 Jun 2012	6.1°C2 Jun 1967	102 mm18 Jun 1973	250 mm2006 · driest 14 mm in 1970	60
July	38.9°C7 Jul 2012	11.7°C1 Jul 1988	150 mm27 Jul 2009	307 mm2004 · driest 7 mm in 1993	60
August	37.8°C7 Aug 1977	8.9°C29 Aug 1986	162 mm18 Aug 1989	332 mm1989 · driest 14 mm in 1968	59
September	35.6°C6 Sep 2023	6.1°C27 Sep 1989	187 mm29 Sep 2016	302 mm2016 · driest 17 mm in 1978	59
October	33.9°C2 Oct 2019	-1.7°C20 Oct 1974	167 mm29 Oct 2012	264 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 2000	60
November	27.8°C15 Nov 1993	-7.1°C22 Nov 2014	96 mm12 Nov 2009	188 mm1997 · driest 1 mm in 2001	60
December	25.6°C16 Dec 1971	-15.6°C21 Dec 1989	111 mm11 Dec 2008	223 mm1977 · driest 13 mm in 1988	60

Typical days per month at WALLOPS IS NASA TEST FACILITY, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)	Snow days
January	0	0	20	3	2
February	<1	0	17	2	1
March	<1	0	10	3	<1
April	3	<1	1	3	<1
May	11	3	0	3	0
June	23	8	0	3	0
July	30	16	0	3	0
August	29	12	0	3	0
September	20	4	0	3	0
October	5	<1	<1	3	0
November	<1	0	6	2	0
December	<1	0	16	3	<1

The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 87); on 2011–2025 it is May (86). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.

How often, not how much — every day in WALLOPS IS NASA TEST FACILITY’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	1%	28%	9%	30%	4.0–10.4°C
February	2%	29%	10%	34%	5.0–11.9°C
March	9%	28%	11%	30%	9.5–14.8°C
April	23%	27%	8%	29%	15.5–19.9°C
May	51%	26%	9%	29%	19.7–24.3°C
June	76%	23%	8%	24%	25.0–28.7°C
July	72%	28%	10%	31%	27.3–30.9°C
August	77%	23%	9%	20%	27.1–30.2°C
September	77%	20%	9%	19%	24.4–27.3°C
October	44%	21%	8%	19%	18.2–22.1°C
November	11%	22%	8%	20%	12.5–17.2°C
December	3%	26%	10%	29%	7.0–12.9°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1967Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 59-year average. Warmest: 2012. Coolest: 1967.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4752495
NOAA station: USW00093739 · WALLOPS IS NASA TEST FACILITY
Station distance: 7.7 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 30 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 37.93°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 7 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from WALLOPS IS NASA TEST FACILITY is what differs

Pocomoke City→Crisfield→Wattsville→Captains Cove→Atlantic→Parksley→

Or put two places side by side: Chincoteague vs Pocomoke City

Best time to visitChincoteague.

May

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The whole year,without the guesswork.

Chincoteague runs +2.0°Con the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Chincoteague.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Chincoteague runs +2.0°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,
and named.