Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 51 min5:51 am – 8:43 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 29 min7:29 am – 4:58 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 64°FColdest month January: highs 42°F, lows 23°F39 in of rain a year, on about 77 dayswettest month July19 in of snow a year, on about 10 days21 days above 90°F, 123 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Dale Enterprise station, 5 mi away
Parks and public landsWestover Parkpark · 3.2 miSmithland Road Parkpark · 3.5 mi · 153 acresLake Shenandoah Public Fishing Lakestate recreation area · 7.8 miGeorge Washington National Forestnational forest · 13.3 mi · 106,487 acresShenandoah National Parknational park · 19.7 mi · 847 acresDeep Run Pondsstate wilderness · 16.0 mi · 199 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes1 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.2 on 22 Sep 200141 mi away, near Pantops, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 22 Sep 200141 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowHarrisonburg City, VA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsStrong wind Relatively ModerateLightning Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality80% of days had good air in 2025292 of 365 days measured73 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 80main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Rockingham County, VA, 2 mi away
Drinking waterCity of Harrisonburgserves 61,000 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation1,376 ft419 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalSentara RMH Medical Center6.2 miPost officeLinville Post Office2.1 miTown hallHarrisonburg City Hall3.4 miPoliceVirginia State Police Division 2 Area 16 Office1.5 miFire stationHarrisonburg Fire Department Station 42.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools1 high, 1 otherSchoolMinnick School - Harrisonburg1.2 miHighEastern Mennonite High School1.7 miCollegeEastern Mennonite University1.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportShenandoah Valley Regional Airport SHD16 miMajor airportWashington Dulles International Airport IAD82 miInterstateI-813.0 miUS highwayUS 112.3 miAmtrakStaunton, VA STA27 miCoachHarrisonburg (James Madison University - JMU)Virginia Breeze, Operated by Academy4.0 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 22803 ZIP area.
