All-time weather records — Fredericksburg, VA

Record high
102.9°F
August 9, 2007
Record low
-8.0°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
3.70 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Fredericksburg

33.9%

of Fredericksburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (124 of 366 records since 2015).

26%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (95 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
69
93
2000s
114
114
2010s
112
122
2020s
71
37

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 1995, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1995-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -4.0°F — Jan 8, 2018 2.70 in — Jan 10, 2024
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 -8.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.08 in — Feb 11, 2018
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 5.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.24 in — Mar 5, 2008
April 95.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 12.9°F — Apr 6, 2011 2.50 in — Apr 16, 2018
May 96.1°F — May 14, 2000 32.0°F — May 10, 2020 2.84 in — May 12, 2008
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 45.0°F — Jun 5, 1997 2.82 in — Jun 4, 2018
July 102.0°F — Jul 7, 2010 53.1°F — Jul 3, 2001 3.38 in — Jul 22, 2018
August 102.9°F — Aug 9, 2007 51.1°F — Aug 21, 1998 3.31 in — Aug 4, 2020
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1998 42.1°F — Sep 23, 1999 3.70 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 23, 1997 3.65 in — Oct 30, 2012
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2024 17.1°F — Nov 19, 2014 2.45 in — Nov 27, 2013
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 7.0°F — Dec 25, 2022 2.80 in — Dec 8, 2011

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