All-time weather records — Franklin, VA

Record high
106.0°F
July 9, 2010
Record low
-5.1°F
January 7, 2018
Wettest day
13.00 in
September 17, 1999

Climate change signal in Franklin

3.6%

of Franklin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (13 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1930s
31
48
1940s
70
83
1950s
41
50
1960s
17
49
1970s
37
27
1980s
45
34
1990s
28
22
2000s
41
29
2010s
56
24

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 1933, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1933-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 14, 2005 -5.1°F — Jan 7, 2018 3.10 in — Jan 29, 1937
February 81.0°F — Feb 25, 2012 -5.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.36 in — Feb 13, 1945
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 10.9°F — Mar 4, 1943 2.50 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 96.1°F — Apr 27, 1960 16.0°F — Apr 1, 2003 2.71 in — Apr 23, 1984
May 100.0°F — May 23, 1941 30.0°F — May 9, 1956 3.03 in — May 25, 1977
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1952 39.0°F — Jun 2, 1967 6.20 in — Jun 3, 1963
July 106.0°F — Jul 9, 2010 48.9°F — Jul 7, 2001 4.37 in — Jul 30, 1960
August 104.0°F — Aug 2, 1980 43.0°F — Aug 13, 1983 8.15 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1980 36.0°F — Sep 27, 1943 13.00 in — Sep 17, 1999
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1954 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 8.95 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 88.0°F — Nov 4, 1972 12.9°F — Nov 17, 1933 3.99 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 81.0°F — Dec 4, 1991 1.9°F — Dec 21, 1942 2.93 in — Dec 29, 1958

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