United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Smithfield.

May leads for comfortable weather in Smithfield: typically 25.6°C by day, 14.3°C at night, with 96 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortMay

Typical high25.6°C

Typical low14.3°C

Rain in May96 mm

Comfort

May

May · October · April

79climate match

Beach

June

June · August · July

72climate match

Outdoors

April

April · October · November

80climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 17 against May’s 79 — days reach only 9.8°C, 14° 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

179.8° / -0.5°

Feb

2411.6° / 0.2°

Mar

4215.5° / 4°

Apr

7021.5° / 9.1°

May

7925.6° / 14.3°

Jun

5729.9° / 19.1°

Jul

4431.8° / 21.5°

Aug

4730.9° / 21°

Sep

6727.7° / 17.7°

Oct

7322.4° / 11.4°

Nov

4916.9° / 5.2°

Dec

2612.1° / 1.4°

Monthly climate evidence for Smithfield — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	9.8°C	-0.5°C	67 mm	7.2	9 h 53	17	Good coverage
February	11.6°C	0.2°C	65 mm	7.3	10 h 46	24	Good coverage
March	15.5°C	4°C	75 mm	8.2	11 h 51	42	Good coverage
April	21.5°C	9.1°C	79 mm	8	13 h 05	70	Good coverage
May	25.6°C	14.3°C	96 mm	9.4	14 h 07	79	Good coverage
June	29.9°C	19.1°C	116 mm	8	14 h 41	57	Good coverage
July	31.8°C	21.5°C	126 mm	8.9	14 h 28	44	Good coverage
August	30.9°C	21°C	143 mm	8.3	13 h 34	47	Good coverage
September	27.7°C	17.7°C	124 mm	6.8	12 h 22	67	Good coverage
October	22.4°C	11.4°C	116 mm	6.9	11 h 11	73	Good coverage
November	16.9°C	5.2°C	84 mm	6.5	10 h 08	49	Good coverage
December	12.1°C	1.4°C	83 mm	7.5	9 h 38	26	Good coverage

Records at NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP, 2000–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	26.7°C30 Jan 2002	-17.1°C30 Jan 2014	45 mm3 Jan 2022	128 mm2022 · driest 28 mm in 2001	26
February	27.2°C23 Feb 2023	-14.9°C21 Feb 2015	51 mm11 Feb 2020	162 mm2021 · driest 20 mm in 2018	26
March	30.6°C27 Mar 2007	-9.4°C5 Mar 2002	84 mm24 Mar 2022	222 mm2024 · driest 6 mm in 2006	26
April	33.9°C17 Apr 2002	-3.2°C9 Apr 2007	69 mm15 Apr 2007	142 mm2008 · driest 25 mm in 2010	26
May	35.6°C30 May 2019	1.1°C10 May 2020	77 mm25 May 2026	165 mm2025 · driest 51 mm in 2005	26
June	38.9°C23 Jun 2015	6.7°C1 Jun 2025	97 mm7 Jun 2019	250 mm2015 · driest 28 mm in 2010	26
July	41.1°C25 Jul 2010	10.0°C3 Jul 2001	105 mm8 Jul 2011	278 mm2013 · driest 42 mm in 2002	26
August	38.3°C3 Aug 2006	9.4°C24 Aug 2024	182 mm27 Aug 2011	331 mm2012 · driest 10 mm in 2006	25
September	37.2°C2 Sep 2014	7.2°C27 Sep 2001	131 mm1 Sep 2006	245 mm2003 · driest 25 mm in 2005	25
October	36.1°C2 Oct 2019	-1.1°C9 Oct 2001	128 mm8 Oct 2016	253 mm2012 · driest 6 mm in 2024	25
November	34.4°C5 Nov 2003	-7.1°C29 Nov 2023	161 mm12 Nov 2009	315 mm2009 · driest 7 mm in 2001	25
December	27.2°C22 Dec 2013	-12.1°C24 Dec 2022	59 mm24 Dec 2020	193 mm2009 · driest 34 mm in 2021	26

Typical days per month at NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	<1	0	18	3
February	<1	0	16	2
March	3	<1	8	3
April	9	2	<1	3
May	18	7	0	3
June	27	17	0	4
July	31	24	0	4
August	30	21	0	4
September	24	9	0	3
October	10	1	<1	3
November	2	<1	6	3
December	<1	0	15	3

How often, not how much — every day in NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP’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	5%	24%	8%	22%	6.5–12.8°C
February	9%	26%	9%	29%	7.9–14.2°C
March	22%	26%	9%	23%	13.4–18.3°C
April	47%	25%	8%	25%	19.8–23.2°C
May	64%	29%	11%	34%	23.2–27.9°C
June	73%	27%	12%	29%	28.2–31.6°C
July	71%	29%	12%	35%	30.3–33.1°C
August	73%	27%	11%	27%	29.5–31.7°C
September	77%	22%	10%	21%	26.0–29.1°C
October	57%	21%	9%	22%	20.7–23.6°C
November	23%	21%	8%	16%	14.5–19.0°C
December	7%	23%	9%	20%	9.3–14.7°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.

2001Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 24-year average. Warmest: 2020. Coolest: 2003.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4786274
NOAA station: USW00093741 · NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP
Station distance: 20.6 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 19 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 36.98°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
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 NEWPORT NEWS INTL AP is what differs

Gloucester Point→Carrollton→Rushmere→Benns Church→Yorktown→Acree Acres→

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May

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April

The whole year,without the guesswork.

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Best time to visit
Smithfield.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,
and named.