Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Charlottesville, VA. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Charlottesville typically lands right in that sweet spot of spring — expect a high near 66° and a low around 42°. The date has seen wild swings over 129 years of records, from a scorching 92° in 1963 down to a bitter 25° in 1954. There's about a 1-in-3 chance of rain, but snow is essentially off the table at just 1%.
Charlottesville's weather has real teeth at the extremes — the thermometer has swung from a brutal -10° in January 1994 all the way up to 107° in July 1930, a 117-degree range. A single day in September 1987 dumped 9.2 inches of rain, and a March 1962 snowstorm buried the city under 20.7 inches in one shot.
Summer is the main event here, with highs peaking around 87-88° in mid-July and staying in the mid-80s through August. If you're cold-averse, avoid January through February, when highs barely crack the mid-to-upper 40s. August is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week, driven largely by afternoon thunderstorms.