All-time weather records — Charlottesville, VA

Record high
107.1°F
July 10, 1936
Record low
-9.9°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
9.20 in
September 8, 1987

Climate change signal in Charlottesville

6.8%

of Charlottesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1890s
14
35
1900s
14
31
1910s
29
47
1920s
37
34
1930s
58
31
1940s
35
33
1950s
44
16
1960s
13
20
1970s
19
34
1980s
13
43
1990s
37
21
2000s
18
7
2010s
18
13
2020s
17
1

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 14, 1932 -9.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.31 in — Jan 14, 2005
February 84.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -9.0°F — Feb 11, 1899 3.09 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 93.9°F — Mar 29, 1907 7.0°F — Mar 4, 1943 3.80 in — Mar 17, 1936
April 98.1°F — Apr 24, 1925 14.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 5.10 in — Apr 25, 1937
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1941 32.0°F — May 10, 1947 5.00 in — May 22, 1901
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 1936 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1967 7.49 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 107.1°F — Jul 10, 1936 48.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 5.02 in — Jul 27, 1994
August 107.1°F — Aug 5, 1930 44.1°F — Aug 30, 1986 6.95 in — Aug 1, 2018
September 107.1°F — Sep 7, 1954 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 9.20 in — Sep 8, 1987
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1941 26.1°F — Oct 20, 1972 6.24 in — Oct 21, 1961
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 8.1°F — Nov 30, 1929 4.69 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 82.9°F — Dec 8, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.92 in — Dec 29, 1901

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