Oceanic
Galax, Virginia
Galax County, Virginia · Population 6.7k · 2,372 ft elevation
Living in Galax
Galax has a oceanic climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it gets light snow (17″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 32 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 Galax: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Galax at a glance
- Population
- 6.7k
- Elevation
- 2,372 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 17″54th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,802 hrs50th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $127k13th percentile
- Median rent
- $692/mo4th percentile
- Median household income
- $41k6th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.76%32th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%93th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 266 per 100k67th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,031 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 70th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,133 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 23°F | 3.7″ | 4.6″ | 186 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 26°F | 3.1″ | 5.8″ | 171 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 32°F | 3.8″ | 3.4″ | 216 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 39°F | 4.1″ | 0.5″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.0″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.1″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 61°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 4.4″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 53°F | 4.5″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 41°F | 3.0″ | — | 223 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 32°F | 3.3″ | 0.4″ | 204 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 27°F | 3.4″ | 1.9″ | 172 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