All-time weather records — Emporia, VA

Record high
109.0°F
July 30, 1893
Record low
-24.0°F
January 17, 1893
Wettest day
7.40 in
September 19, 2003

Climate change signal in Emporia

23.2%

of Emporia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (85 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1890s
11
3
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
·
1980s
90
188
1990s
76
88
2000s
66
35
2010s
77
31
2020s
46
21

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -24.0°F — Jan 17, 1893 2.40 in — Jan 26, 1987
February 82.0°F — Feb 2, 2002 0.0°F — Feb 4, 1985 2.12 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 13, 1990 12.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 4.27 in — Mar 17, 2025
April 95.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 19.9°F — Apr 10, 2026 3.10 in — Apr 21, 2008
May 98.1°F — May 27, 2016 32.0°F — May 8, 1989 3.85 in — May 30, 1933
June 106.0°F — Jun 25, 2016 41.0°F — Jun 4, 1988 5.74 in — Jun 8, 2013
July 109.0°F — Jul 30, 1893 7.0°F — Jul 7, 2016 5.63 in — Jul 30, 1960
August 102.9°F — Aug 10, 2007 43.0°F — Aug 30, 1982 5.17 in — Aug 15, 1940
September 100.0°F — Sep 12, 1983 28.9°F — Sep 18, 2008 7.40 in — Sep 19, 2003
October 100.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 14, 1988 4.20 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 87.1°F — Nov 28, 1982 12.0°F — Nov 21, 1984 2.99 in — Nov 29, 1934
December 80.1°F — Dec 4, 1991 0.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 3.00 in — Dec 15, 1956

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