All-time weather records — Hampton, VA

Record high
109.0°F
March 4, 2003
Record low
-2.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.15 in
September 1, 2006

Climate change signal in Hampton

2.2%

of Hampton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (8 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1910s
1
1
1920s
39
49
1930s
54
52
1940s
56
41
1950s
50
28
1960s
23
80
1970s
23
28
1980s
54
19
1990s
40
38
2000s
18
30
2020s
8
·

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 1918, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1918-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -2.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.10 in — Jan 29, 1937
February 104.0°F — Feb 20, 2003 3.9°F — Feb 1, 1936 4.51 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 109.0°F — Mar 4, 2003 10.9°F — Mar 1, 1937 3.51 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 95.0°F — Apr 26, 1960 18.0°F — Apr 9, 2003 3.07 in — Apr 15, 1975
May 97.0°F — May 23, 1925 32.0°F — May 8, 1998 4.43 in — May 31, 1948
June 102.0°F — Jun 19, 1944 43.0°F — Jun 2, 1967 5.63 in — Jun 2, 1963
July 102.9°F — Jul 27, 1940 54.0°F — Jul 12, 2002 3.57 in — Jul 15, 1954
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 1980 50.0°F — Aug 30, 1965 4.88 in — Aug 3, 1973
September 99.0°F — Sep 11, 1983 18.0°F — Sep 19, 1992 7.15 in — Sep 1, 2006
October 95.0°F — Oct 5, 1941 26.1°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.51 in — Oct 17, 1999
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 19.9°F — Nov 28, 1930 4.73 in — Nov 3, 1947
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 1991 6.1°F — Dec 26, 1935 3.36 in — Dec 2, 1925

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