All-time weather records — Warrenton, VA

Record high
104.0°F
August 18, 1988
Record low
-45.0°F
February 23, 1988
Wettest day
8.85 in
June 22, 1972

Climate change signal in Warrenton

0.5%

of Warrenton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (2 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
12
4
1900s
10
2
1950s
75
38
1960s
45
66
1970s
63
69
1980s
74
77
1990s
54
79
2000s
20
15
2010s
13
16

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 1897, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1897-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 1, 1993 -11.0°F — Jan 16, 1972 3.21 in — Jan 9, 1978
February 80.1°F — Feb 25, 1985 -45.0°F — Feb 23, 1988 2.35 in — Feb 8, 1965
March 90.0°F — Mar 14, 1990 3.9°F — Mar 4, 2014 6.20 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 1976 15.1°F — Apr 9, 1977 2.71 in — Apr 29, 1964
May 95.0°F — May 30, 1969 30.0°F — May 4, 1986 3.80 in — May 6, 1989
June 99.0°F — Jun 22, 1988 39.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 8.85 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 7, 1977 48.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 6.92 in — Jul 21, 1956
August 104.0°F — Aug 18, 1988 43.0°F — Aug 22, 1993 4.44 in — Aug 13, 1955
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1993 3.20 in — Sep 6, 1979
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 1998 16.0°F — Oct 24, 1993 4.06 in — Oct 9, 1976
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 8.1°F — Nov 29, 1955 4.38 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 79.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 26, 1992 3.09 in — Dec 2, 1974

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