All-time weather records — Covington, VA

Record high
102.0°F
July 17, 1988
Record low
-18.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.00 in
November 4, 1985

Climate change signal in Covington

4.4%

of Covington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

8.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (30 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
35
96
1970s
52
78
1980s
89
74
1990s
87
60
2000s
58
19
2010s
41
30
2020s
4
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 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1960-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 -18.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.65 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 79.0°F — Feb 23, 2018 -5.1°F — Feb 4, 1996 2.04 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 87.1°F — Mar 28, 1989 1.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.25 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 93.0°F — Apr 20, 1976 15.1°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.22 in — Apr 26, 1978
May 99.0°F — May 20, 1996 26.1°F — May 2, 1963 3.88 in — May 28, 1981
June 100.0°F — Jun 27, 1998 34.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 4.20 in — Jun 24, 2016
July 102.0°F — Jul 17, 1988 41.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.90 in — Jul 29, 2005
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 39.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 3.45 in — Aug 11, 1984
September 97.0°F — Sep 10, 1983 28.0°F — Sep 25, 1963 3.72 in — Sep 30, 2016
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 14.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 2.80 in — Oct 19, 1968
November 84.9°F — Nov 3, 2004 9.0°F — Nov 23, 1971 8.00 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 80.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -9.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 1.70 in — Dec 1, 2010

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