So, whether you intend to purchase a home or design your own, local specialists in architecture, landscape, contracting, finance, insurance and real estate stand ready to assist you. If you don't bring your business here, you may find yourself joining hundreds of others who maintain second homes in Lancaster. Climate Our mild climate allows for an extended recreation and construction season. Spring graces Lancaster County several weeks prior to cities as close as an hour away and fall extends an extra several weeks into winter. The Chesapeake Bay favorably enhances the local climate and softens the blows of the typical Northeastern winter.
Temperatures are typically much warmer than communities inland.
Average annual's run around 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit and range between 41 degrees in January and 78 degrees in July. Average annual rainfall is 43 inches and snowfall 13.6 inches. Recreation Each year, thousands of tourists and natives alike visit the many quaint communities scattered throughout the area. They enjoy a return to nature with outdoor excursions like canoeing, crabbing, picnics, biking, a refreshing swim along hidden beaches and waterways, and thrill to the unspoiled beauty of nature throughout an area which has been one of Virginia's best kept secrets. Lancaster County is home to three resorts and the most famous of these, The Tides Inn, was named one of America's top ten.