All-time weather records — West Point, VA

Record high
106.0°F
July 24, 2010
Record low
-7.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.75 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in West Point

9.8%

of West Point's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1950s
41
29
1960s
28
118
1970s
44
98
1980s
53
47
1990s
51
30
2000s
83
25
2010s
51
16
2020s
15
3

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 1954, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1954-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -7.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.08 in — Jan 3, 1999
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1997 -0.9°F — Feb 10, 1979 2.22 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 90.0°F — Mar 30, 1998 10.0°F — Mar 7, 1960 3.07 in — Mar 29, 2010
April 97.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 24.1°F — Apr 1, 1965 3.07 in — Apr 16, 1983
May 98.1°F — May 20, 1996 0.0°F — May 7, 2000 3.25 in — May 19, 1957
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 2, 1967 5.65 in — Jun 7, 2013
July 106.0°F — Jul 24, 2010 48.0°F — Jul 6, 1979 6.12 in — Jul 30, 1960
August 104.0°F — Aug 8, 2007 45.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 7.00 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 1954 36.0°F — Sep 25, 1963 10.75 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 5.10 in — Oct 12, 2018
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1974 12.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 2.60 in — Nov 1, 1956
December 82.9°F — Dec 6, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 16, 1958 2.88 in — Dec 29, 1958

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