Is this weather normal in Russell County?

Virginia · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Russell County's warmest year in 131 on record was 2024, at 55.7° on average. Russell County just had its 8th-warmest September in 132 years, +4° against the usual.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 61°, lows near 38°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Russell County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: -0.1°OctNov: +0.5°NovDec: +0.4°DecJan 2026: -1.8°JanFeb: -2.7°FebMar: +6.3°MarApr: +5.4°AprMay: -1.1°MayJun: -0.2°JunJul: +2.1°JulAug: +1.1°AugSep: +4.1°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -0.2 inOctNov: -0.9 inNovDec: -1.1 inDecJan 2026: -0.9 inJanFeb: -0.6 inFebMar: -1.7 inMarApr: -2.0 inAprMay: -0.0 inMayJun: +0.3 inJunJul: +0.7 inJulAug: +1.8 inAugSep: +0.6 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Russell County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January43° / 25°3.7 in45.5° 195019.9° 1977
February48° / 28°3.7 in45.7° 201823.1° 1895
March56° / 34°4.2 in54.2° 201228.8° 1960
April67° / 41°4.2 in59.2° 202645.5° 1907
May74° / 49°4.7 in67.2° 201854.8° 1997
June80° / 58°4.3 in74.2° 195263.1° 1955
July83° / 62°4.9 in75.2° 199367.0° 1918
August82° / 61°4.0 in75.5° 200766.4° 1946
September77° / 54°3.4 in71.8° 201859.3° 1918
October67° / 43°2.9 in63.1° 191946.4° 1988
November56° / 33°3.1 in52.4° 198536.6° 1976
December47° / 28°4.0 in48.4° 201524.4° 1963

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

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