Climate averages 1991–2020
Suffolk weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Suffolk: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portsmouth Heights (22 km away). In July its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Suffolk, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Suffolk ranks joint 211th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 463rd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Suffolk is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 120 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
Suffolk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 88 | 9.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.3°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 100 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 86 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 97 | 10.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 103 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| July, selected | 30.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 128 | 14.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 120 | 13.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 123 | 10.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 93 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 87 | 8.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 89 | 9.5 | 9.710 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
- Portsmouth Heights in JulyUnited States · 22 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 131 mm rain
- Norfolk in JulyUnited States · 30 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Newport News in JulyUnited States · 31 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 116 mm rain
- East Hampton in JulyUnited States · 41 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in JulyUnited States · 56 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Richmond in JulyUnited States · 120 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Greenville in JulyUnited States · 143 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Raleigh in JulyUnited States · 213 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 Suffolk) is explained once on the Suffolk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.