All-time weather records — Virginia Beach, VA

Record high
104.0°F
June 27, 1949
Record low
-2.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.84 in
August 31, 1964

Climate change signal in Virginia Beach

23.5%

of Virginia Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (86 of 366 records since 2015).

9.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (34 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
27
13
1950s
28
37
1960s
15
73
1970s
37
57
1980s
64
68
1990s
45
40
2000s
47
29
2010s
66
36
2020s
37
13

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 81.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -2.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.27 in — Jan 5, 1971
February 82.9°F — Feb 23, 2023 7.0°F — Feb 17, 1958 6.05 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 91.0°F — Mar 16, 2016 17.1°F — Mar 4, 1947 4.09 in — Mar 17, 1968
April 95.0°F — Apr 26, 1960 28.0°F — Apr 2, 1964 3.34 in — Apr 12, 1959
May 97.0°F — May 20, 1996 16.2°F — May 22, 2019 3.16 in — May 29, 1963
June 104.0°F — Jun 27, 1949 37.9°F — Jun 1, 2021 4.80 in — Jun 2, 1959
July 102.9°F — Jul 3, 1954 32.0°F — Jul 21, 2011 5.88 in — Jul 11, 1990
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1980 -0.8°F — Aug 31, 2010 9.84 in — Aug 31, 1964
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 2020 46.9°F — Sep 25, 1990 7.51 in — Sep 16, 2025
October 95.0°F — Oct 6, 1954 -0.8°F — Oct 16, 2007 7.70 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 11, 2020 21.9°F — Nov 27, 1977 6.96 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 82.9°F — Dec 3, 1991 8.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.34 in — Dec 26, 2012

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