Warm-summer humid continental
Tazewell, Virginia
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 4.4k · 2,507 ft elevation
Living in Tazewell
Tazewell has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (47″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 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 Tazewell: 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.
Tazewell at a glance
- Population
- 4.4k
- Elevation
- 2,507 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 47″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,515 hrs14th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $110k8th percentile
- Median rent
- $722/mo6th percentile
- Median household income
- $35k2th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.76%32th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 89%99th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 79%
- Violent crime rate
- 399 per 100k81th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,550 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,673 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 23°F | 4.0″ | 13.2″ | 133 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 25°F | 3.7″ | 11.4″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 31°F | 4.4″ | 9.1″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 39°F | 4.0″ | 1.3″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 4.7″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.3″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 58°F | 4.0″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 3.6″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 40°F | 3.2″ | 0.6″ | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 30°F | 3.0″ | 2.2″ | 180 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 26°F | 4.0″ | 9.1″ | 133 hrs |
Near Tazewell
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology