Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 51 min5:50 am – 8:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 29 min7:26 am – 4:56 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 65°FColdest month January: highs 45°F, lows 24°F45 in of rain a year, on about 76 dayswettest month June16 in of snow a year, on about 7 days30 days above 90°F, 109 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Somerset station, 11 mi away
Parks and public landsShenandoah National Parknational park · 6.0 miRapidan Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 1.8 mi · 501 acresGreene County Parkpark · 7.0 miGreene County Youth Centerrecreation area · 9.8 miDeep Run Pondsstate wilderness · 22.0 mi · 199 acresNew Market Battlefield Historical Parkpublic land · 25.2 mi · 299 acresSource: 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
Elevation683 ft208 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalValley Health Page Memorial Hospital20.6 miPost officeHood Post Office1.3 miTown hallStanardsville Town Hall6.2 miPoliceGreene County Sheriff's Office6.4 miFire stationStanardsville Volunteer Fire Company6.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportCharlottesville Albemarle Airport CHO17 miMajor airportWashington Dulles International Airport IAD64 miInterstateI-8124 miUS highwayUS 295.4 miAmtrakCulpeper, VA CLP22 miCoachCharlottesvilleAmtrak Chartered Vehicle24 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 22748 ZIP area.
