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Weather extremes

How extreme does Norfolk's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Norfolk has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Karl Stefan Memorial Airport station 6 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Norfolk has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
108°F Jul 12, 1995

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Norfolk (typical high near 88°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 108°F Jul 12, 1995
2 108°F Jul 13, 1995
3 105°F Jul 14, 1995
❄️ Coldest night
-31°F Feb 16, 2021

About 47°F colder than a normal February night in Norfolk (typical low near 16°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -31°F Feb 16, 2021recent
2 -27°F Feb 15, 2021
3 -26°F Jan 1, 2018
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.42 in Jun 5, 1991

More rain in a single day than Norfolk usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 4.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.42 in Jun 5, 1991
2 4.79 in Aug 22, 1995
3 4.33 in Aug 23, 2007

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 108°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Norfolk's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 108°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Norfolk's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 108°F and as low as −31°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Karl Stefan Memorial Airport, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →