Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In July its highs average 30.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lynchburg, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks joint 211th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 261st of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Lynchburg is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July, selected | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Roanoke in JulyUnited States · 72 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Richmond in JulyUnited States · 149 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Durham in JulyUnited States · 159 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Greensboro in JulyUnited States · 160 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JulyUnited States · 176 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- High Point in JulyUnited States · 179 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Cary in JulyUnited States · 183 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Raleigh in JulyUnited States · 188 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 116 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.