All-time weather records — Amherst, VA

Record high
105.1°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-20.9°F
December 25, 1983
Wettest day
6.38 in
June 22, 1972

Climate change signal in Amherst

0%

of Amherst's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
58
60
1970s
75
71
1980s
88
89
1990s
64
83
2000s
59
41
2010s
22
22

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1963, the latest in 2014. Period of observation: 1937-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -9.9°F — Jan 22, 1985 3.24 in — Jan 14, 2005
February 82.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 -4.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.15 in — Feb 7, 1965
March 89.1°F — Mar 30, 1985 7.0°F — Mar 3, 2009 3.14 in — Mar 7, 1989
April 96.1°F — Apr 18, 2002 18.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.25 in — Apr 22, 1992
May 95.0°F — May 21, 1996 28.0°F — May 11, 1966 3.72 in — May 16, 2014
June 100.0°F — Jun 21, 1964 39.0°F — Jun 4, 1997 6.38 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 15, 1988 23.0°F — Jul 16, 1996 4.30 in — Jul 13, 1964
August 105.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 4.47 in — Aug 20, 1969
September 100.9°F — Sep 12, 1983 32.0°F — Sep 25, 1983 6.24 in — Sep 8, 1987
October 93.0°F — Oct 10, 2007 21.9°F — Oct 24, 1969 5.10 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 2.57 in — Nov 25, 1964
December 82.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 -20.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.48 in — Dec 5, 1993

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Amherst.