All-time weather records — Chincoteague, VA

Record high
102.0°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
-0.8°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
7.36 in
September 29, 2016

Climate change signal in Chincoteague

21.3%

of Chincoteague's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (78 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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 #
1960s
9
28
1970s
36
68
1980s
54
95
1990s
76
77
2000s
65
44
2010s
82
44
2020s
44
10

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 1967, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1966-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 0.0°F — Jan 17, 1982 3.54 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 79.0°F — Feb 1, 2002 -0.8°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.87 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 86.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 14.0°F — Mar 1, 1980 3.56 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 93.0°F — Apr 26, 1990 26.2°F — Apr 3, 2021 2.48 in — Apr 22, 1972
May 97.0°F — May 31, 1991 33.1°F — May 10, 2020 2.75 in — May 31, 1979
June 100.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1967 4.00 in — Jun 18, 1973
July 102.0°F — Jul 7, 2012 53.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 5.91 in — Jul 27, 2009
August 100.0°F — Aug 7, 1977 48.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.36 in — Aug 18, 1989
September 96.1°F — Sep 6, 1983 43.0°F — Sep 27, 1989 7.36 in — Sep 29, 2016
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 28.9°F — Oct 20, 1974 6.58 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 82.0°F — Nov 15, 1993 19.2°F — Nov 22, 2014 3.79 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 78.1°F — Dec 16, 1971 3.9°F — Dec 21, 1989 4.35 in — Dec 11, 2008

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