All-time weather records — New Market, VA

Record high
102.0°F
July 9, 2012
Record low
-11.0°F
March 4, 2014
Wettest day
4.25 in
September 7, 1996

Climate change signal in New Market

0.5%

of New Market's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (2 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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
92
86
2000s
174
170
2010s
100
110

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 2015. Period of observation: 1996-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 4, 2004 -9.0°F — Jan 23, 2014 2.71 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 78.1°F — Feb 26, 2000 -6.0°F — Feb 24, 2015 1.61 in — Feb 5, 1998
March 86.0°F — Mar 30, 1998 -11.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 1.56 in — Mar 29, 2010
April 90.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 19.0°F — Apr 7, 2002 1.82 in — Apr 22, 2002
May 93.0°F — May 31, 2011 28.0°F — May 3, 2005 2.90 in — May 8, 2013
June 99.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1996 2.58 in — Jun 2, 1997
July 102.0°F — Jul 9, 2012 46.0°F — Jul 2, 2010 3.10 in — Jul 10, 2010
August 100.0°F — Aug 18, 1997 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1999 2.78 in — Aug 13, 1996
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1998 35.1°F — Sep 30, 2005 4.25 in — Sep 7, 1996
October 90.0°F — Oct 9, 2007 21.0°F — Oct 23, 1997 3.46 in — Oct 30, 2012
November 84.9°F — Nov 5, 2003 12.0°F — Nov 22, 2014 1.64 in — Nov 7, 1997
December 79.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -0.9°F — Dec 7, 2002 1.51 in — Dec 12, 2008

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