All-time weather records — Suffolk, VA

Record high
105.1°F
June 18, 2004
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.98 in
August 27, 2011

Climate change signal in Suffolk

8.2%

of Suffolk's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
35
65
1950s
85
142
1960s
28
46
1970s
44
39
1980s
32
44
1990s
45
9
2000s
52
2
2010s
29
19
2020s
16
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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 79.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.07 in — Jan 8, 1967
February 81.0°F — Feb 26, 1977 3.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.18 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 88.0°F — Mar 12, 1990 14.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.08 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 93.9°F — Apr 17, 1976 24.1°F — Apr 14, 1950 4.32 in — Apr 20, 1991
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1991 30.0°F — May 9, 1956 3.09 in — May 6, 1958
June 105.1°F — Jun 18, 2004 39.9°F — Jun 6, 1945 5.10 in — Jun 14, 2006
July 102.9°F — Jul 29, 1952 48.9°F — Jul 29, 1946 4.87 in — Jul 24, 2014
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 2004 46.0°F — Aug 26, 1952 10.98 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 105.1°F — Sep 26, 2004 39.0°F — Sep 25, 1950 9.19 in — Sep 15, 1999
October 100.9°F — Oct 7, 2004 23.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 8.70 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 18.0°F — Nov 21, 1951 7.73 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 80.1°F — Dec 3, 1991 3.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.73 in — Dec 17, 2023

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