All-time weather records — Staunton, VA

Record high
106.0°F
July 21, 1926
Record low
-16.1°F
January 27, 1987
Wettest day
6.67 in
September 29, 1896

Climate change signal in Staunton

2.2%

of Staunton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (8 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1890s
42
30
1900s
36
18
1910s
38
37
1920s
31
15
1930s
50
15
1940s
48
22
1950s
44
10
1960s
13
42
1970s
15
57
1980s
18
81
1990s
10
22
2000s
13
8
2010s
6
8
2020s
2
1

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 1893, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 16, 1943 -16.1°F — Jan 27, 1987 2.49 in — Jan 14, 1968
February 82.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -11.9°F — Feb 10, 1899 3.50 in — Feb 12, 1998
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 1907 -2.9°F — Mar 15, 1993 3.27 in — Mar 18, 1936
April 93.9°F — Apr 7, 1929 12.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.83 in — Apr 26, 1937
May 95.0°F — May 1, 1942 26.1°F — May 2, 1978 3.86 in — May 30, 1971
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 1936 34.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 3.57 in — Jun 27, 1995
July 106.0°F — Jul 21, 1926 19.9°F — Jul 16, 1901 5.40 in — Jul 24, 1997
August 102.9°F — Aug 7, 1918 37.0°F — Aug 29, 1982 4.29 in — Aug 9, 2024
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 21.9°F — Sep 24, 1983 6.67 in — Sep 29, 1896
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1941 18.0°F — Oct 14, 1988 5.60 in — Oct 8, 1982
November 98.1°F — Nov 4, 1982 1.9°F — Nov 30, 1929 3.27 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 1943 -13.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.20 in — Dec 1, 1934

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