All-time weather records — Cape Charles, VA

Record high
101.8°F
July 25, 2010
Record low
4.8°F
January 30, 2014
Wettest day
6.15 in
August 27, 2011

Climate change signal in Cape Charles

51.4%

of Cape Charles's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (188 of 366 records since 2015).

48.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (177 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 #
2000s
87
106
2010s
178
160
2020s
101
100

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 2004, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2004-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 1, 2022 4.8°F — Jan 30, 2014 1.91 in — Jan 23, 2016
February 78.6°F — Feb 23, 2023 5.7°F — Feb 21, 2015 2.16 in — Feb 11, 2020
March 82.6°F — Mar 20, 2020 18.0°F — Mar 7, 2015 3.19 in — Mar 28, 2024
April 87.1°F — Apr 17, 2026 27.9°F — Apr 6, 2016 2.15 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 92.5°F — May 30, 2019 35.2°F — May 10, 2020 3.43 in — May 16, 2014
June 97.5°F — Jun 24, 2010 46.2°F — Jun 2, 2014 2.95 in — Jun 5, 2017
July 101.8°F — Jul 25, 2010 54.7°F — Jul 3, 2010 3.46 in — Jul 24, 2004
August 97.9°F — Aug 8, 2007 53.8°F — Aug 21, 2024 6.15 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 92.8°F — Sep 11, 2007 45.9°F — Sep 30, 2021 5.93 in — Sep 8, 2014
October 91.8°F — Oct 2, 2019 32.0°F — Oct 31, 2011 5.79 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 80.1°F — Nov 6, 2018 23.5°F — Nov 14, 2019 4.95 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 78.4°F — Dec 24, 2015 12.7°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.02 in — Dec 11, 2008

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