All-time weather records — Norfolk, VA

Record high
105.1°F
July 25, 2010
Record low
-79.8°F
August 17, 2022
Wettest day
13.10 in
January 14, 2005

Climate change signal in Norfolk

15.8%

of Norfolk's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

23.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (87 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 #
1940s
16
9
1950s
43
36
1960s
23
71
1970s
37
70
1980s
48
44
1990s
50
21
2000s
58
7
2010s
61
49
2020s
30
59

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 1945, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 30, 2013 -62.9°F — Jan 19, 2011 13.10 in — Jan 14, 2005
February 82.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 -54.8°F — Feb 6, 2010 4.55 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 90.0°F — Mar 12, 1990 19.0°F — Mar 9, 1996 3.64 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 93.9°F — Apr 6, 2010 0.1°F — Apr 9, 2011 5.33 in — Apr 20, 1991
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1991 -78.9°F — May 30, 2022 3.60 in — May 23, 2005
June 102.0°F — Jun 7, 2008 -78.9°F — Jun 3, 2022 5.21 in — Jun 2, 1963
July 105.1°F — Jul 25, 2010 4.1°F — Jul 11, 2022 6.49 in — Jul 28, 1973
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 1980 -79.8°F — Aug 17, 2022 6.43 in — Aug 31, 1964
September 100.0°F — Sep 7, 1954 -28.8°F — Sep 25, 2011 9.26 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 96.1°F — Oct 9, 2007 29.1°F — Oct 14, 2011 8.28 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 6, 2018 19.2°F — Nov 7, 2008 5.89 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 82.0°F — Dec 10, 2020 9.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.64 in — Dec 10, 1987

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