Hot-summer humid continental
Blacksburg, Virginia
Montgomery County, Virginia · Population 45k · 2,070 ft elevation
Living in Blacksburg
Blacksburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it gets light snow (25″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Blacksburg: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Blacksburg at a glance
- Population
- 45k
- Elevation
- 2,070 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 25″64th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,598 hrs21th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $417k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,290/mo56th percentile
- Median household income
- $48k12th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.777th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 84%95th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 80%
- Violent crime rate
- 74 per 100k23th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 561 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4810th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 22°F | 3.2″ | 7.7″ | 151 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 24°F | 2.8″ | 7.0″ | 149 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 30°F | 3.8″ | 4.3″ | 195 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 39°F | 3.8″ | 0.6″ | 229 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.5″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.3″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 61°F | 4.2″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 3.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 3.5″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 41°F | 2.9″ | — | 208 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 31°F | 2.9″ | 0.4″ | 186 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 25°F | 3.3″ | 4.7″ | 147 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology