All-time weather records — Chatham, VA

Record high
105.1°F
July 21, 1926
Record low
-9.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.73 in
September 4, 1996

Climate change signal in Chatham

7.9%

of Chatham's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1920s
52
10
1930s
92
14
1940s
43
17
1950s
40
19
1960s
11
21
1970s
27
61
1980s
32
116
1990s
20
53
2000s
17
24
2010s
15
22
2020s
17
9

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 1922, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1922-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 -9.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.21 in — Jan 4, 1992
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 2017 -7.1°F — Feb 20, 2015 3.95 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 88.0°F — Mar 12, 2026 0.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 3.58 in — Mar 30, 1975
April 93.9°F — Apr 25, 1925 17.1°F — Apr 3, 1992 4.72 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 99.0°F — May 23, 1941 25.0°F — May 4, 1986 4.44 in — May 13, 1971
June 102.9°F — Jun 24, 1930 33.1°F — Jun 8, 1977 3.75 in — Jun 22, 1931
July 105.1°F — Jul 21, 1926 10.9°F — Jul 2, 2025 3.70 in — Jul 2, 2021
August 105.1°F — Aug 5, 1930 37.9°F — Aug 30, 1986 6.47 in — Aug 31, 1964
September 104.0°F — Sep 7, 1954 26.1°F — Sep 25, 1983 8.73 in — Sep 4, 1996
October 99.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 21, 1992 6.00 in — Oct 3, 1927
November 86.0°F — Nov 8, 2024 10.0°F — Nov 6, 1991 3.57 in — Nov 27, 2013
December 79.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.44 in — Dec 29, 1958

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