All-time weather records — Tappahannock, VA

Record high
106.0°F
July 20, 1942
Record low
-23.1°F
February 14, 1899
Wettest day
8.45 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Tappahannock

7.7%

of Tappahannock's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
20
28
1900s
13
49
1910s
20
29
1920s
16
81
1940s
55
17
1950s
52
31
1960s
21
37
1970s
25
32
1980s
26
21
1990s
33
16
2000s
37
8
2010s
41
17
2020s
7
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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 1893, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 17, 1943 -6.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.31 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -23.1°F — Feb 14, 1899 2.48 in — Feb 6, 2010
March 93.9°F — Mar 29, 1907 5.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.73 in — Mar 26, 1984
April 97.0°F — Apr 25, 1925 14.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.45 in — Apr 15, 1901
May 99.0°F — May 29, 1941 26.1°F — May 5, 1906 3.92 in — May 12, 2008
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 1959 37.9°F — Jun 9, 1913 4.77 in — Jun 11, 2021
July 106.0°F — Jul 20, 1942 45.0°F — Jul 17, 1927 4.71 in — Jul 16, 1989
August 102.9°F — Aug 20, 1983 10.9°F — Aug 1, 1907 6.96 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 1954 30.0°F — Sep 27, 1928 8.45 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 24.1°F — Oct 11, 1925 6.00 in — Oct 11, 2018
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1974 12.9°F — Nov 15, 1905 3.59 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 82.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.55 in — Dec 10, 2023

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