All-time weather records — Monterey, VA

Record high
95.0°F
July 31, 1999
Record low
-22.0°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
4.20 in
September 6, 1996

Climate change signal in Monterey

27.6%

of Monterey's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (101 of 366 records since 2015).

36.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (135 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
99
70
2000s
112
112
2010s
114
88
2020s
41
96

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 2025. Period of observation: 1994-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -14.1°F — Jan 19, 1997 3.05 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 72.0°F — Feb 25, 2000 -22.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.28 in — Feb 16, 2003
March 81.0°F — Mar 28, 2020 -8.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.46 in — Mar 28, 2007
April 84.0°F — Apr 2, 2010 10.9°F — Apr 3, 2021 3.23 in — Apr 12, 2011
May 91.0°F — May 19, 1996 23.0°F — May 3, 2005 3.13 in — May 17, 1996
June 93.9°F — Jun 29, 2012 30.0°F — Jun 2, 2025 2.30 in — Jun 23, 2016
July 95.0°F — Jul 31, 1999 39.0°F — Jul 2, 2010 3.05 in — Jul 13, 2005
August 91.9°F — Aug 12, 2021 35.1°F — Aug 28, 2025 3.16 in — Aug 4, 2010
September 89.1°F — Sep 2, 2010 28.9°F — Sep 22, 2020 4.20 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 87.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 15.1°F — Oct 26, 2013 2.17 in — Oct 23, 2017
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 2003 -0.9°F — Nov 29, 2023 2.95 in — Nov 8, 1996
December 72.0°F — Dec 5, 2001 -8.0°F — Dec 23, 2000 2.08 in — Dec 7, 2011

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