All-time weather records — Chesapeake, VA

Record high
102.9°F
July 23, 2011
Record low
-2.0°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
11.00 in
October 10, 2016

Climate change signal in Chesapeake

47.8%

of Chesapeake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (175 of 366 records since 2015).

35.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (131 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
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1930s
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1940s
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
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1970s
·
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1980s
·
·
1990s
·
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2000s
91
177
2010s
202
175
2020s
73
14

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: 1926-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 23, 2014 0.0°F — Jan 21, 2008 3.09 in — Jan 28, 1937
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 2017 -2.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.90 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 88.0°F — Mar 17, 2016 8.1°F — Mar 7, 2015 5.20 in — Mar 31, 1997
April 93.9°F — Apr 27, 2009 17.1°F — Apr 6, 2016 4.16 in — Apr 25, 1937
May 99.0°F — May 30, 2019 21.0°F — May 11, 2008 5.45 in — May 31, 1948
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 2, 2014 4.85 in — Jun 3, 1963
July 102.9°F — Jul 23, 2011 48.9°F — Jul 3, 2007 6.00 in — Jul 12, 2024
August 102.0°F — Aug 9, 2007 1.0°F — Aug 13, 2015 7.88 in — Aug 11, 1967
September 99.0°F — Sep 5, 2020 36.0°F — Sep 22, 2006 6.45 in — Sep 27, 1985
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 27, 2017 11.00 in — Oct 10, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 3, 2004 12.0°F — Nov 22, 2014 4.45 in — Nov 12, 1937
December 81.0°F — Dec 25, 2015 5.0°F — Dec 29, 2017 10.00 in — Dec 26, 2010

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