Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 51 min5:49 am – 8:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 29 min7:26 am – 4:55 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 75°F, lows 59°FColdest month January: highs 36°F, lows 19°F45 in of rain a year, on about 76 dayswettest month June16 in of snow a year, on about 7 days0 days above 90°F, 136 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Big Meadows station, 11 mi away; rain from Somerset
Parks and public landsShenandoah National Parknational park · 4.8 miRapidan Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 6.4 mi · 3,170 acresCulpeper National Cemeteryhistoric site · 15.1 miLake Orange Public Fishing Lakestate recreation area · 19.2 mi · 121 acresFredericksburg and Spot. National Military Parknational park · 33.2 miAndy Guest/Shenandoah River State Parkstate park · 28.3 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes13 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 4+, 1 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.8 on 23 Aug 201140 mi away, near Mineral, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 26 Mar 201239 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowMadison County, VA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsHurricane Relatively LowDrought Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality86% of days had good air in 2025283 of 330 days measured47 moderate daysMedian index 40, worst day 87main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Madison County monitors, VA
Drinking waterTown of Madisonserves 784 people from surface water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Apr 2023: haloacetic acids (HAA5), maximum contaminant levelSource: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation587 ft179 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalUVA Culpeper Medical Center13.9 miPost officeMadison Post Office2.9 miTown hallMadison Town Hall3.3 miPoliceMadison County Sheriff's Office3.4 miFire stationMadison County Volunteer Fire Company3.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportCharlottesville Albemarle Airport CHO22 miMajor airportWashington Dulles International Airport IAD56 miInterstateI-8127 miUS highwayUS 29 Bus2.9 miAmtrakCulpeper, VA CLP15 miCoachCulpeper (Park & Ride)Virginia Breeze, Operated by Dillon's21 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 22953 ZIP area.
