All-time weather records — Hopewell, VA

Record high
106.0°F
August 31, 1932
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.61 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Hopewell

3.8%

of Hopewell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
15
13
1920s
52
71
1930s
48
47
1940s
48
52
1950s
29
34
1960s
15
31
1970s
31
23
1980s
39
66
1990s
42
11
2000s
23
3
2010s
19
14
2020s
5
1

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 2025. Period of observation: 1916-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.99 in — Jan 29, 1937
February 84.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 -2.9°F — Feb 8, 1936 3.47 in — Feb 4, 1920
March 91.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 8.1°F — Mar 1, 1937 2.75 in — Mar 4, 1993
April 100.0°F — Apr 25, 1925 0.0°F — Apr 12, 2014 3.49 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 100.0°F — May 23, 1925 0.0°F — May 3, 2015 3.81 in — May 26, 1948
June 104.0°F — Jun 19, 1944 0.0°F — Jun 26, 2015 5.00 in — Jun 2, 1939
July 105.1°F — Jul 22, 1998 44.1°F — Jul 2, 1924 4.69 in — Jul 10, 1959
August 106.0°F — Aug 31, 1932 45.0°F — Aug 29, 1925 6.62 in — Aug 19, 1985
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 37.9°F — Sep 23, 1983 7.61 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 23.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.65 in — Oct 7, 2006
November 88.0°F — Nov 15, 1993 14.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 2.80 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 84.9°F — Dec 7, 1998 3.0°F — Dec 26, 1983 3.40 in — Dec 11, 2023

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