Hot-summer humid continental
Timberville, Virginia
Rockingham County, Virginia · Population 3k · 1,017 ft elevation
Living in Timberville
Timberville has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Timberville is an outdoor hub: about 30% 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.
Timberville at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 1,017 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,757 hrs44th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $212k37th percentile
- Median rent
- $943/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k25th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.60%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.83th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 83%95th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 76%
- Violent crime rate
- 32 per 100k9th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 287 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 30%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,133 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 21°F | 2.4″ | 4.8″ | 171 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 23°F | 1.8″ | 7.7″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 29°F | 2.9″ | 3.3″ | 212 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 38°F | 3.1″ | — | 237 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 4.0″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 4.1″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 60°F | 3.4″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 52°F | 3.7″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 41°F | 2.5″ | — | 214 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 31°F | 2.3″ | 0.1″ | 192 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 24°F | 2.7″ | 5.1″ | 167 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