All-time weather records — Orange, VA

Record high
106.0°F
July 1, 1959
Record low
-11.0°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
7.85 in
June 22, 1972

Climate change signal in Orange

13.1%

of Orange's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
22
17
1950s
110
59
1960s
37
102
1970s
40
80
1980s
34
45
1990s
30
20
2000s
31
14
2010s
27
24
2020s
35
5

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -9.0°F — Jan 21, 1970 2.96 in — Jan 10, 2024
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 -11.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.33 in — Feb 8, 1965
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 2026 3.9°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.76 in — Mar 6, 1962
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1960 18.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 2.76 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 99.0°F — May 17, 2016 28.0°F — May 9, 1947 4.69 in — May 6, 1989
June 102.0°F — Jun 27, 1952 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 7.85 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 106.0°F — Jul 1, 1959 46.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.65 in — Jul 24, 1997
August 102.9°F — Aug 30, 1953 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.80 in — Aug 28, 1978
September 106.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 25, 1963 4.95 in — Sep 9, 1987
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1951 21.9°F — Oct 29, 1976 5.24 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 9.0°F — Nov 24, 1956 5.47 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 79.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -4.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 4.45 in — Dec 21, 1946

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