Oceanic
Pearisburg, Virginia
Giles County, Virginia · Population 2.9k · 1,827 ft elevation
Living in Pearisburg
Pearisburg has a oceanic climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets light snow (23″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 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 Pearisburg: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Pearisburg at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 1,827 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 23″62th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,598 hrs21th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $160k22th percentile
- Median rent
- $815/mo15th percentile
- Median household income
- $73k48th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.60%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,512 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 172th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,476 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 22°F | 3.1″ | 6.5″ | 151 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 25°F | 2.6″ | 6.6″ | 149 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 30°F | 3.6″ | 4.0″ | 195 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 39°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 230 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 4.7″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 4.0″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 4.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 3.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 3.4″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 41°F | 2.9″ | — | 208 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 31°F | 2.7″ | 0.3″ | 186 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 25°F | 3.3″ | 4.6″ | 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