All-time weather records — Colonial Heights, VA

Record high
105.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-2.0°F
January 6, 2018
Wettest day
6.00 in
August 28, 2011

Climate change signal in Colonial Heights

42.1%

of Colonial Heights's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (154 of 366 records since 2015).

47.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (173 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 #
1970s
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1980s
7
6
2000s
121
103
2010s
164
154
2020s
74
103

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 1980, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1979-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 4, 2005 -2.0°F — Jan 6, 2018 3.39 in — Jan 9, 2024
February 82.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 1.9°F — Feb 19, 2015 2.36 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 90.0°F — Mar 11, 2026 14.0°F — Mar 4, 2009 2.50 in — Mar 29, 2010
April 93.9°F — Apr 15, 2026 26.1°F — Apr 2, 2021 2.34 in — Apr 17, 2011
May 95.0°F — May 20, 2022 33.1°F — May 9, 2020 2.35 in — May 12, 1981
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 46.9°F — Jun 1, 2025 3.10 in — Jun 8, 2013
July 105.1°F — Jul 26, 2010 55.0°F — Jul 2, 2010 5.16 in — Jul 13, 2025
August 102.9°F — Aug 9, 2007 54.0°F — Aug 6, 2004 6.00 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 2023 39.9°F — Sep 24, 2006 5.57 in — Sep 18, 2003
October 100.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 28.9°F — Oct 21, 2015 4.56 in — Oct 6, 2006
November 82.9°F — Nov 2, 2004 16.0°F — Nov 29, 2023 2.60 in — Nov 9, 2015
December 80.1°F — Dec 11, 2007 6.1°F — Dec 23, 2022 3.34 in — Dec 10, 2023

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