All-time weather records — Culpeper, VA

Record high
100.9°F
August 9, 2007
Record low
-17.0°F
February 2, 2014
Wettest day
4.21 in
September 2, 2006

Climate change signal in Culpeper

1.1%

of Culpeper's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (4 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1990s
57
26
2000s
219
230
2010s
90
110

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 1998, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1998-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -11.9°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.79 in — Jan 14, 2005
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 2000 -17.0°F — Feb 2, 2014 3.04 in — Feb 8, 2013
March 84.9°F — Mar 9, 2000 -2.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.13 in — Mar 7, 2011
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 2009 21.9°F — Apr 4, 2013 2.38 in — Apr 20, 2015
May 95.0°F — May 14, 2000 28.9°F — May 22, 2002 3.33 in — May 16, 2014
June 100.0°F — Jun 13, 2002 43.0°F — Jun 2, 2003 3.59 in — Jun 10, 2013
July 100.0°F — Jul 8, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 4, 2001 4.05 in — Jul 8, 2005
August 100.9°F — Aug 9, 2007 48.9°F — Aug 7, 2004 2.63 in — Aug 16, 2012
September 97.0°F — Sep 8, 1998 37.0°F — Sep 27, 2001 4.21 in — Sep 2, 2006
October 91.0°F — Oct 10, 2007 0.0°F — Oct 11, 2013 3.55 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 82.0°F — Nov 6, 2003 6.1°F — Nov 30, 2013 1.74 in — Nov 8, 2006
December 80.1°F — Dec 8, 1998 5.0°F — Dec 23, 2000 2.46 in — Dec 17, 2000

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