All-time weather records — Front Royal, VA

Record high
104.0°F
July 5, 1999
Record low
-4.0°F
January 18, 2003
Wettest day
8.50 in
March 6, 2015

Climate change signal in Front Royal

28.1%

of Front Royal's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (103 of 366 records since 2015).

32.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (120 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
71
2000s
126
128
2010s
122
108
2020s
49
59

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1995-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 3, 2004 -4.0°F — Jan 18, 2003 3.40 in — Jan 19, 1996
February 81.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -2.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 3.00 in — Feb 3, 2009
March 88.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 3.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 8.50 in — Mar 6, 2015
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 2009 12.9°F — Apr 12, 2000 3.15 in — Apr 17, 2011
May 98.1°F — May 20, 1996 28.0°F — May 2, 2023 5.65 in — May 14, 2025
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 2024 4.48 in — Jun 27, 2006
July 104.0°F — Jul 5, 1999 48.9°F — Jul 12, 2002 3.10 in — Jul 8, 2005
August 100.0°F — Aug 2, 2002 46.9°F — Aug 23, 2015 5.55 in — Aug 9, 2024
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 2023 37.0°F — Sep 21, 2020 5.78 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 8, 2023 3.70 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 86.0°F — Nov 3, 2003 14.0°F — Nov 20, 2014 3.55 in — Nov 7, 1997
December 81.0°F — Dec 5, 2001 5.0°F — Dec 9, 2005 2.60 in — Dec 15, 2018

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