Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 43 min5:51 am – 8:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 37 min7:20 am – 4:57 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 68°FColdest month January: highs 49°F, lows 27°F48 in of rain a year, on about 69 dayswettest month July4 in of snow a year, on about 2 days48 days above 90°F, 93 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Stony Creek 2 N station, 15 mi away
Parks and public landsPetersburg National Battlefield Parknational park · 12.7 mi · 212 acresPetersburg National Battlefieldhistoric site · 11.6 mi · 2,702 acresPocahontas State Parkstate park · 17.6 mi · 201 acresLake Nottoway Public Fishing Lakestate recreation area · 19.0 mi · 162 acresPresquile National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 28.6 mi · 1,295 acresChimborazo Parknational park · 33.7 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes4 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.8 on 21 Oct 199850 mi away, near Dillwyn, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 22 May 201439 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowDinwiddie County, VA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsDrought Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality81% of days had good air in 2025294 of 364 days measured70 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 80main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Chesterfield County, VA, 21 mi away
Drinking waterDcwa Centralserves 7,418 people from surface water purchasedNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation237 ft72 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalCentral State Hospital14.0 miPost officeDeWitt Post Office2.3 miTown hallMcKenney Town Hall7.2 miPoliceDinwiddie County Sheriff's Office3.4 miFire stationDinwiddie Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Station 13.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeRichard Bland College15.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportRichmond International Airport RIC35 miInterstateI-852.4 miUS highwayUS 11.8 miAmtrakPetersburg, VA PTB17 miCoachPetersburg Transportation CenterGreyhound17 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 23822 ZIP area.
