Humid subtropical
Front Royal, Virginia
Warren County, Virginia · Population 15k · 564 ft elevation
Living in Front Royal
Front Royal has a humid subtropical climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 37 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Front Royal: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Front Royal at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 564 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,541 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $285k55th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,133/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $64k36th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.57%14th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 247 per 100k64th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,179 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 325th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,706 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44°F | 25°F | 2.9″ | 4.7″ | 142 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 27°F | 2.5″ | 9.4″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 2.2″ | 191 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 44°F | 3.4″ | — | 218 hrs |
| May | 76°F | 53°F | 4.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 61°F | 4.5″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 65°F | 3.6″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 64°F | 4.0″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Oct | 69°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 194 hrs |
| Nov | 57°F | 36°F | 3.3″ | — | 169 hrs |
| Dec | 48°F | 29°F | 3.1″ | 4.8″ | 135 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