Cave Spring climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Cave Spring?

Cave Spring has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 1,029 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cave Spring?

The hottest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 38.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Cave Spring?

The coldest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -25.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Cave Spring?

Yes. Cave Spring gets on average 44.5 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Cave Spring warmed?

Yes: Cave Spring warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Cave Spring?

The wettest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1972, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Cave Spring?

The windiest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Cave Spring?

The warmest month in Cave Spring is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Cave Spring?

Cave Spring receives on average 1,029 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Cave Spring?

Cave Spring gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Cave Spring (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 1,029 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Cave Spring averages 83 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.

Cave Spring has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 72 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 14 July 1954) and the coldest -25.2 °C (on 21 January 1985).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Cave SpringVirginia

coords: 37.23°, -80.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

12.8°C

Average daily high

18.4°C

Average daily low

7.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,029mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

22.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

83 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

35 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

118 d/yr

Annual snowfall

44.5 cm

Average feels-like high

17.4 °C

Average feels-like low

5.9 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

23 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.4 °C

14 July 1954

Coldest day

-25.2 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

132 mm

5 October 1972

Windiest day

45.6 km/h

14 February 1940

Strongest gust

118.8 km/h

22 September 1989

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

14 July 1954

Coldest feels-like

-32.5 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

36.3 cm

13 March 1993

Sunniest day

14.5 h

1 July 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.2 °C24 June 2025	-13.2 °C15 December 2025	13.7 °C	843 mm	50	71
2024	35.4 °C22 June 2024	-14.1 °C17 January 2024	14.2 °C	1,017 mm	45	63
2023	36.0 °C29 July 2023	-7.4 °C4 February 2023	14.3 °C	949 mm	40	45
2022	34.1 °C22 June 2022	-17.2 °C24 December 2022	13.6 °C	1,119 mm	57	82
2021	34.8 °C27 July 2021	-10.5 °C8 February 2021	14.2 °C	790 mm	66	79
2020	34.2 °C19 July 2020	-10.8 °C26 December 2020	14.1 °C	1,416 mm	47	53
2019	35.3 °C20 July 2019	-13.9 °C31 January 2019	14.3 °C	1,002 mm	76	71
2018	33.1 °C19 June 2018	-16.4 °C7 January 2018	13.5 °C	1,523 mm	46	80
2017	33.9 °C22 July 2017	-13.1 °C8 January 2017	14.0 °C	1,020 mm	31	58
2016	36.4 °C24 July 2016	-13.5 °C14 February 2016	14.1 °C	887 mm	62	74
2015	33.8 °C23 June 2015	-20.9 °C20 February 2015	13.6 °C	1,113 mm	28	70
2014	35.3 °C2 July 2014	-20.4 °C30 January 2014	12.6 °C	878 mm	34	84
2013	31.9 °C16 July 2013	-9.7 °C23 January 2013	12.7 °C	1,176 mm	15	84
2012	36.8 °C30 June 2012	-9.0 °C4 January 2012	14.0 °C	732 mm	42	66
2011	36.3 °C22 July 2011	-11.0 °C9 January 2011	13.7 °C	1,008 mm	50	79
2010	35.4 °C7 July 2010	-15.0 °C8 February 2010	13.0 °C	1,030 mm	58	93
2009	31.3 °C9 August 2009	-16.4 °C17 January 2009	12.6 °C	1,188 mm	10	77
2008	33.5 °C21 July 2008	-18.5 °C21 January 2008	13.0 °C	805 mm	41	77
2007	35.3 °C16 August 2007	-14.8 °C6 February 2007	13.5 °C	786 mm	38	82
2006	35.0 °C1 August 2006	-12.4 °C19 February 2006	13.6 °C	982 mm	50	67
2005	33.8 °C26 July 2005	-13.4 °C4 March 2005	13.0 °C	1,030 mm	28	77
2004	31.4 °C4 August 2004	-20.5 °C11 January 2004	13.0 °C	1,063 mm	16	80
2003	32.7 °C27 August 2003	-16.4 °C18 January 2003	12.3 °C	1,402 mm	22	96
2002	34.5 °C23 August 2002	-13.4 °C7 December 2002	13.3 °C	961 mm	48	87
2001	33.0 °C9 August 2001	-10.9 °C3 January 2001	13.0 °C	780 mm	10	81
2000	32.3 °C10 July 2000	-16.0 °C28 January 2000	12.5 °C	867 mm	16	90
1999	36.3 °C1 August 1999	-13.2 °C6 January 1999	13.3 °C	852 mm	49	75
1998	34.8 °C21 July 1998	-15.8 °C1 January 1998	13.8 °C	1,076 mm	48	64
1997	34.2 °C28 July 1997	-17.7 °C19 January 1997	12.0 °C	898 mm	30	82
1996	32.7 °C19 May 1996	-21.3 °C5 February 1996	11.8 °C	1,424 mm	13	96
1995	34.1 °C18 August 1995	-17.5 °C8 December 1995	12.6 °C	1,091 mm	38	88
1994	34.8 °C16 June 1994	-22.7 °C19 January 1994	12.9 °C	1,025 mm	30	76
1993	35.2 °C8 July 1993	-17.8 °C15 March 1993	13.0 °C	1,037 mm	58	82
1992	33.2 °C14 July 1992	-10.8 °C16 January 1992	12.5 °C	1,095 mm	17	77
1991	34.5 °C21 July 1991	-14.6 °C16 February 1991	14.1 °C	892 mm	47	65
1990	35.1 °C9 July 1990	-13.5 °C26 February 1990	14.1 °C	1,310 mm	24	56
1989	34.1 °C11 July 1989	-24.3 °C23 December 1989	12.3 °C	1,230 mm	26	88
1988	37.1 °C18 August 1988	-17.9 °C11 January 1988	12.2 °C	803 mm	51	93
1987	36.6 °C25 July 1987	-18.8 °C27 January 1987	13.0 °C	1,365 mm	56	86
1986	35.7 °C20 July 1986	-17.0 °C28 January 1986	13.2 °C	829 mm	48	79
1985	32.2 °C14 August 1985	-25.2 °C21 January 1985	13.0 °C	1,272 mm	27	82
1984	33.0 °C11 July 1984	-14.9 °C21 January 1984	13.0 °C	998 mm	33	77
1983	38.2 °C20 August 1983	-21.3 °C25 December 1983	12.5 °C	1,185 mm	56	82
1982	32.1 °C26 July 1982	-21.1 °C17 January 1982	12.6 °C	1,064 mm	14	85
1981	34.8 °C25 June 1981	-15.1 °C12 February 1981	12.1 °C	822 mm	30	99
1980	36.1 °C16 July 1980	-16.2 °C5 February 1980	12.6 °C	816 mm	57	86
1979	33.2 °C10 August 1979	-18.2 °C11 February 1979	11.9 °C	1,338 mm	9	100
1978	33.3 °C22 July 1978	-17.6 °C10 January 1978	12.3 °C	1,045 mm	41	88
1977	35.0 °C8 July 1977	-22.2 °C17 January 1977	12.7 °C	985 mm	47	84
1976	33.1 °C24 July 1976	-15.6 °C19 January 1976	12.2 °C	984 mm	27	91
1975	33.1 °C25 August 1975	-13.6 °C10 February 1975	12.8 °C	1,233 mm	25	86
1974	33.3 °C14 July 1974	-16.2 °C10 February 1974	12.8 °C	967 mm	22	79
1973	33.9 °C29 August 1973	-16.8 °C9 January 1973	12.9 °C	1,038 mm	32	86
1972	32.7 °C23 July 1972	-21.2 °C16 January 1972	12.1 °C	1,292 mm	11	82
1971	32.6 °C28 June 1971	-15.7 °C1 February 1971	12.6 °C	1,069 mm	10	84
1970	34.4 °C1 July 1970	-21.8 °C22 January 1970	12.5 °C	897 mm	37	92
1969	34.7 °C6 July 1969	-14.5 °C5 January 1969	11.8 °C	845 mm	25	104
1968	34.6 °C30 June 1968	-18.8 °C8 January 1968	12.1 °C	870 mm	35	95
1967	31.8 °C3 August 1967	-19.1 °C8 February 1967	11.9 °C	866 mm	14	92
1966	34.2 °C14 July 1966	-17.4 °C30 January 1966	11.8 °C	976 mm	34	94
1965	33.5 °C24 July 1965	-16.1 °C31 January 1965	12.4 °C	836 mm	27	88
1964	33.9 °C21 June 1964	-19.4 °C15 January 1964	12.4 °C	979 mm	39	90
1963	33.3 °C3 August 1963	-21.2 °C24 January 1963	11.7 °C	791 mm	22	94
1962	34.5 °C20 August 1962	-23.2 °C11 January 1962	12.0 °C	1,158 mm	33	97
1961	32.3 °C31 July 1961	-15.9 °C30 December 1961	12.2 °C	1,103 mm	31	84
1960	33.4 °C3 August 1960	-18.7 °C23 December 1960	11.8 °C	831 mm	46	111
1959	35.6 °C30 June 1959	-15.5 °C5 January 1959	13.3 °C	1,031 mm	48	83
1958	32.0 °C28 July 1958	-18.8 °C17 February 1958	11.6 °C	1,048 mm	27	95
1957	33.3 °C30 August 1957	-14.9 °C12 December 1957	13.1 °C	1,228 mm	45	63
1956	33.6 °C2 July 1956	-9.5 °C25 November 1956	12.8 °C	1,009 mm	37	80
1955	33.7 °C28 July 1955	-20.6 °C31 January 1955	12.5 °C	908 mm	35	93
1954	38.4 °C14 July 1954	-17.2 °C22 December 1954	12.8 °C	995 mm	52	91
1953	35.3 °C31 August 1953	-11.8 °C18 December 1953	13.5 °C	898 mm	59	70
1952	36.4 °C28 July 1952	-18.4 °C30 January 1952	12.8 °C	1,165 mm	45	87
1951	35.0 °C2 June 1951	-15.9 °C16 December 1951	12.6 °C	1,074 mm	48	95
1950	32.0 °C26 June 1950	-14.6 °C27 November 1950	12.2 °C	1,139 mm	15	93
1949	33.5 °C6 July 1949	-10.5 °C2 February 1949	13.3 °C	1,108 mm	33	66
1948	35.3 °C28 August 1948	-19.7 °C27 December 1948	12.5 °C	1,224 mm	27	77
1947	32.8 °C31 July 1947	-13.8 °C9 February 1947	11.8 °C	875 mm	25	105
1946	32.3 °C18 June 1946	-19.0 °C28 January 1946	12.8 °C	1,018 mm	11	73
1945	33.8 °C30 June 1945	-12.8 °C1 February 1945	12.3 °C	1,211 mm	13	91
1944	34.9 °C18 June 1944	-13.2 °C14 January 1944	12.4 °C	943 mm	35	90
1943	34.2 °C25 August 1943	-14.5 °C4 March 1943	12.2 °C	834 mm	45	102
1942	33.3 °C2 August 1942	-13.1 °C8 January 1942	12.2 °C	1,211 mm	15	91
1941	32.8 °C27 July 1941	-12.2 °C18 March 1941	12.5 °C	865 mm	27	101
1940	33.5 °C26 July 1940	-16.4 °C27 January 1940	11.3 °C	1,140 mm	14	93

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.4 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

71 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

843 mm

-186 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	4.8 °C	-1.7 °C	72 mm	-9 mm
Feb	9.6 °C	+1.1 °C	100 mm	+22 mm
Mar	17.5 °C	+4.3 °C	42 mm	-52 mm
Apr	21.7 °C	+2.7 °C	66 mm	-24 mm
May	22.6 °C	-0.6 °C	161 mm	+68 mm
Jun	30.4 °C	+3.1 °C	81 mm	-2 mm
Jul	31.6 °C	+2.5 °C	72 mm	-17 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	-1.6 °C	45 mm	-46 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	+0.9 °C	68 mm	-24 mm
Oct	19.2 °C	-0.1 °C	66 mm	-16 mm
Nov	14.8 °C	+1.5 °C	16 mm	-61 mm
Dec	7.8 °C	-0.3 °C	54 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-13.2 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

37.2 mm

31 Jan 2025

Windiest day

35.1 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

96.5 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-18.9 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

9.4 cm

5 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.4 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Cave Spring?

Cave Spring has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 1,029 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cave Spring?

The hottest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 38.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Cave Spring?

The coldest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -25.2 °C.

Does it snow in Cave Spring?

Yes. Cave Spring gets on average 44.5 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.

Has the climate of Cave Spring warmed?

Yes: Cave Spring warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Cave Spring?

The wettest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1972, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Cave Spring?

The windiest day measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Cave Spring?

The warmest month in Cave Spring is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Cave Spring?

Cave Spring receives on average 1,029 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Cave Spring?

Cave Spring gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cave Spring?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cave Spring between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 36.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Cave Spring?

Yes: Cave Spring has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cave Spring?

In Cave Spring, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 14 July 1954, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 21 January 1985.

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