All-time weather records — Melfa, VA

Record high
100.9°F
July 25, 2010
Record low
-5.1°F
January 17, 1965
Wettest day
9.67 in
September 1, 2006

Climate change signal in Melfa

12.3%

of Melfa's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1950s
22
42
1960s
39
115
1970s
48
93
1980s
61
41
1990s
57
26
2000s
53
14
2010s
65
29
2020s
21
6

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 1956, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1955-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -5.1°F — Jan 17, 1965 3.36 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 80.1°F — Feb 23, 2023 -0.9°F — Feb 2, 1971 2.35 in — Feb 6, 2010
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1985 9.0°F — Mar 12, 1960 4.21 in — Mar 24, 2022
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1960 24.1°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.39 in — Apr 20, 2015
May 95.0°F — May 20, 1996 30.9°F — May 9, 1956 3.62 in — May 16, 2014
June 99.0°F — Jun 9, 2011 36.0°F — Jun 2, 1967 5.03 in — Jun 17, 2011
July 100.9°F — Jul 25, 2010 46.9°F — Jul 8, 1972 5.38 in — Jul 31, 1982
August 98.1°F — Aug 3, 2006 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.72 in — Aug 25, 2012
September 98.1°F — Sep 11, 1983 39.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 9.67 in — Sep 1, 2006
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 21, 1972 6.13 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1974 16.0°F — Nov 29, 1967 3.63 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 78.1°F — Dec 24, 2015 -0.9°F — Dec 16, 1958 3.23 in — Dec 18, 2023

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