All-time weather records — Newport News, VA

Record high
122.0°F
December 14, 2000
Record low
1.2°F
January 30, 2014
Wettest day
7.18 in
August 27, 2011

Climate change signal in Newport News

30.9%

of Newport News's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (113 of 366 records since 2015).

45.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (165 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 #
2000s
149
156
2010s
165
105
2020s
52
105

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 2000, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2000-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 30, 2002 1.2°F — Jan 30, 2014 1.77 in — Jan 3, 2022
February 81.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 5.2°F — Feb 21, 2015 2.02 in — Feb 11, 2020
March 87.1°F — Mar 11, 2026 15.1°F — Mar 5, 2002 3.30 in — Mar 24, 2022
April 93.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 26.2°F — Apr 9, 2007 2.70 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 96.1°F — May 29, 2012 34.0°F — May 10, 2020 2.42 in — May 15, 2012
June 102.0°F — Jun 23, 2015 44.1°F — Jun 1, 2025 3.81 in — Jun 7, 2019
July 106.0°F — Jul 25, 2010 50.0°F — Jul 3, 2001 4.12 in — Jul 8, 2011
August 100.9°F — Aug 3, 2006 48.9°F — Aug 24, 2024 7.18 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 2014 45.0°F — Sep 9, 2024 5.15 in — Sep 1, 2006
October 97.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 3.9°F — Oct 8, 2003 5.04 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 93.9°F — Nov 5, 2003 19.2°F — Nov 29, 2023 6.35 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 122.0°F — Dec 14, 2000 10.2°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.31 in — Dec 24, 2020

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