Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 48 min5:40 am – 8:28 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 32 min7:14 am – 4:46 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 70°FColdest month January: highs 46°F, lows 30°F43 in of rain a year, on about 72 dayswettest month July8 in of snow a year, on about 5 days19 days above 90°F, 69 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Wallops Island Flight Fac station, 5 mi away
Parks and public landsWallops Island National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 4.9 mi · 360 acresSaxis Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 5.4 mi · 5,534 acresAssateague Island National Seashorenational seashore · 9.5 mi · 20,366 acresChincoteague National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 8.4 mi · 11,929 acresMaryland Marine Properties Wmastate conservation land · 6.6 mi · 1,014 acresHickory Point Heritage Conservationstate conservation land · 8.2 mi · 305 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateAccomack County, VA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsCoastal flooding Very HighHurricane Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality86% of days had good air in 2025314 of 365 days measured51 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 84main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Dorchester County, MD, 43 mi away
Drinking waterTown of Chincoteagueserves 3,344 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20212 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation17 ft5 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalTidalHealth McCready Pavilion16.4 miPost officeWithams Post Officeunder a mileTown hallHallwood Town Hall4.4 miPolicePocomoke City Police Department8.8 miFire stationNew Church Volunteer Fire and Rescue3.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools1 middle, 1 highMiddleArcadia Middle School1.0 miHighArcadia High School1.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport SBY28 miMajor airportNorfolk International Airport ORF80 miUS highwayUS 13under a mileCoachOak Hall T'S Corner ExxonGreyhound1.3 miTransit1 stop within a mileSTAR TransitSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 23396 ZIP area.
