July in Williamsburg, VA: variable for golf — mixed conditions — check the live score. Best tee times: tee off before 8 AM to beat the heat.
| Average July Weather | |
|---|---|
| Avg daily high | 90°F |
| Avg daily low | 73°F |
| Rainy days | 19 / mo |
| Avg peak wind | 8.9 mph |
July splits Williamsburg golfers into two camps pretty cleanly. Locals know the drill: tee times before 8 AM or forget it. By midday the heat index regularly pushes well past the 90°F air temperature, and with 19 precipitation days — the wettest month of the year — afternoon thunderstorms are a near-daily threat. The course is still playable, but it demands planning.
For the traveling golfer, July looks different on paper than it feels in practice. The 8.9 mph peak wind makes it the second-calmest month of the year, which is a genuine advantage for ball-striking. Courses are lush and fast after consistent rain. But if you're visiting from a cooler climate and not accustomed to humid mid-Atlantic summers, the 73°F overnight low means there's no real cool-down between rounds. Plan accordingly, not optimistically.
With 19 precipitation days concentrated heavily in the afternoons, book the earliest available slot — ideally a 7 AM start or sooner — and treat anything after noon as a rain-delay gamble. July's thin morning booking windows fill faster than any other month, so reserving two to three weeks out is realistic minimum lead time. See how conditions rate hour by hour on our playability scale.
June is the more forgiving lead-in — five fewer rain days and a 5°F cooler average high make it noticeably easier to play through midday. August offers a modest improvement over July, dropping three degrees and two rain days, but the core challenge of heat and afternoon storms barely budges. If flexibility exists, June is the better choice; August is marginally easier than July but not dramatically so.
Climate normals show the long-term picture, but day-to-day weather varies. Check today's live golf weather score for Williamsburg, VA for the current playability rating, hourly wind, temperature, and the recommended tee time window.
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It's manageable if you play early. The average high hits 90°F — the hottest month of the year — and humidity pushes the feel-like temperature higher through midday. Golfers who tee off at or before 7 AM typically finish before the worst of the heat arrives, while afternoon rounds carry genuine heat-stress risk.
July averages 19 precipitation days, making it the wettest month of the year, and most of that rain falls in the form of fast-moving afternoon thunderstorms. A round starting at noon or later has a realistic chance of a delay or suspension. Morning rounds are far less likely to be interrupted, though not immune.