Neighborhoods

Newport News has many distinctive communities and neighborhoods within its boundaries, including Brandon Heights, Brentwood, City Center, Colony Pines, Christopher Shores-Stuart Gardens, Denbigh, Glendale, East End, Hidenwood, Hilton Village, Hunter's Glenn, Beaconsdale, Ivy Farms, North End Huntington Heights (Historic District – roughly from 50th to 75th street, along the James River), Jefferson Avenue Park, Kiln Creek, Lee Hall, Menchville, Maxwell Gardens, Morrison (also known as Harpersville and Gum Grove), Newmarket Village, Newsome Park, Oyster Point, Parkview, old North Newport News (Center Ave. area), Port Warwick, Richneck, Riverside, Shore Park, Summerlake, Village Green, Windsor Great Park and Warwick. Some of these neighborhoods are located in the former City of Warwick and Warwick County.

Climate

Newport News is located in the humid subtropical climate zone, with cool to mild winters, and hot, humid summers. Due to the inland location, throughout the year, highs are 2 to 3 °F (1.1 to 1.7 °C) warmer and lows 1 to 2 °F (0.6 to 1.1 °C) cooler than areas to the southeast. Snowfall averages 5.8 inches (15 cm) per season, and the summer months tend to be slightly wetter. The geographic location of the city, with respect to the principal storm tracks, favours fair weather, as it is south of the average path of storms originating in the higher latitudes, and north of the usual tracks of hurricanes and other major tropical storms.^[29]

[hide]Climate data for Newport News, Virginia (1981–2010 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °F (°C)	49.5 (9.7)	52.9 (11.6)	60.7 (15.9)	71.1 (21.7)	78.5 (25.8)	86.2 (30.1)	89.6 (32)	87.4 (30.8)	82.2 (27.9)	72.5 (22.5)	63.3 (17.4)	53.4 (11.9)	70.6 (21.4)
Average low °F (°C)	31.8 (−0.1)	32.6 (0.3)	39.5 (4.2)	47.8 (8.8)	57.0 (13.9)	66.3 (19.1)	70.3 (21.3)	68.8 (20.4)	62.7 (17.1)	51.7 (10.9)	43.0 (6.1)	34.6 (1.4)	50.5 (10.3)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	3.33 (84.6)	3.01 (76.5)	3.44 (87.4)	3.33 (84.6)	3.74 (95)	3.81 (96.8)	4.71 (119.6)	5.35 (135.9)	4.79 (121.7)	3.47 (88.1)	3.08 (78.2)	3.38 (85.9)	45.44 (1,154.3)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	2.4 (6.1)	2.1 (5.3)	0.3 (0.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.0 (2.5)	5.8 (14.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.4	9.5	10.6	10.1	10.6	9.9	11.1	10.1	8.8	7.6	8.5	9.8	116.8
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	1.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	3.9
Mean monthly sunshine hours	170.5	178.0	229.4	252.0	272.8	279.0	279.0	260.4	231.0	207.7	177.0	161.2	2,698
Source: NOAA (temperature and total precipitation normals at Newport News Int'l, all others at Norfolk Int'l),[30] HKO (sun only 1961–1990)[31]