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Cougarnewbie
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Dec 30, 2013

Virginia coast in January

Christmas is over. The Bears lost. Thinking of heading for Vir./N.C. coast for the rest of the winter. Is everything already full? Is it too cold if we don't go to the gulf coast? We don't know the area, so any suggestions are really appreciated.
Thanks
AL

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    Pawz4me wrote:
    wbwood wrote:
    I would head further south. At least as far as Myrtle Beach. Further if you can.


    Ditto.

    I fully agree, we were in Virginia last winter for 6 nights and it wasn't 'summer' type weather by any means. We spend our winter in Myrtle Beach and even there it quite cold but at least it's sunny most of the time. Last winter temperatures varied between lows of 40's and highs of 70 but for the most part it was in the low 60's.
  • wbwood wrote:
    I would head further south. At least as far as Myrtle Beach. Further if you can.


    Ditto.
  • We live halfway down the NC coast and have been leaving every winter since we got the RV to head south. Some years can be pleasant but it's not unusual to have many days below freezing in January and February.
  • Check Weatherbase. Its a free site that will give you all kinds of summarized weather statistics, by city within state, by month over several years. High and low temperature averages, maximum, and minimum, rain and snow, etc. No guarantees, but at least you'll know what to prepare for.
    I've found that coastal areas, at close to sea level, tend to be more moderate than the middle of the country and the high plains out west.
  • Yeah, you will likely get some snow of some sort here and there in lower virginia. It will be cold on the NC coast. I would head further south. At least as far as Myrtle Beach. Further if you can.

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