All-time weather records — Stony Creek, VA

Record high
106.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-9.0°F
January 7, 2018
Wettest day
7.50 in
June 7, 1981

Climate change signal in Stony Creek

9.3%

of Stony Creek's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
29
127
1970s
41
77
1980s
128
75
1990s
52
33
2000s
55
20
2010s
52
30
2020s
9
4

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 1960, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1948-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 30, 2002 -9.0°F — Jan 7, 2018 2.65 in — Jan 27, 1976
February 84.9°F — Feb 24, 1985 -6.0°F — Feb 10, 1979 4.70 in — Feb 27, 2003
March 91.9°F — Mar 30, 1989 10.0°F — Mar 3, 2009 3.85 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 100.0°F — Apr 23, 1985 19.9°F — Apr 2, 1966 3.25 in — Apr 18, 2000
May 98.1°F — May 19, 1987 27.0°F — May 11, 1966 4.00 in — May 30, 1984
June 106.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 2, 1967 7.50 in — Jun 7, 1981
July 105.1°F — Jul 22, 1983 46.9°F — Jul 2, 1988 4.82 in — Jul 24, 1986
August 106.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 28, 1969 4.48 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 105.1°F — Sep 12, 1983 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1969 6.35 in — Sep 18, 2003
October 99.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.25 in — Oct 23, 1971
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1974 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 2.89 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 82.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 1.9°F — Dec 26, 1983 3.08 in — Dec 3, 2009

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