Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Monterey (USC00445698), Virginia, United States, with 97 years of record.
Key Facts for Monterey
Monterey (USC00445698) is a weather station in Virginia, United States at 38.42 latitude and -79.58 longitude, 891 m (2,923 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1894 to 1990, 97 years of record.
1,464 records set at Monterey still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Monterey set a daily record precipitation of 22.4 mm (0.9 in) on 29 May 1990.
About the Station
Location: Virginia, United States, 38.42 latitude, -79.58 longitude.
Elevation: 891 m (2,923 ft).
Period of record: 1894 to 1990, 97 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Monterey. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Monterey, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
21.7 C (71.1 F)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
20.6 C (69.1 F)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1.7 C (35.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
34.4 C (93.9 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
25.0 C (77.0 F)
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
22.2 C (72.0 F)
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Monterey still stand. 1952 holds the most, with 78.
Standing records at Monterey by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1894
6
1895
67
1896
67
1897
19
1898
9
1899
16
1918
1
1945
15
1946
30
1947
38
1948
18
1949
35
1950
33
1951
25
1952
78
1953
42
1954
39
1955
27
1956
31
1957
22
1958
20
1959
28
1960
40
1961
38
1962
45
1963
35
1964
33
1965
30
1966
23
1967
46
1968
24
1969
12
1970
16
1972
8
1973
18
1974
29
1975
28
1976
34
1977
41
1978
15
1979
23
1980
24
1981
20
1982
29
1983
21
1984
47
1985
30
1986
30
1987
11
1988
29
1989
19
Wettest Day of Each Month
May: 114.3 mm (4.5 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Monterey. The most was 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 16 May 1942.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Monterey
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1 January 1919
Feb
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
14 February 1984
Mar
94.0 mm (3.7 in)
16 March 1936
Apr
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
7 April 1895
May
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
16 May 1942
Jun
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
13 June 1951
Jul
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
19 July 1949
Aug
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
18 August 1955
Sep
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
8 September 1987
Oct
111.5 mm (4.4 in)
5 October 1972
Nov
100.6 mm (4.0 in)
4 November 1985
Dec
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
26 December 1973
Period of Record Coverage
1894 to 1990
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
52 years of record at Monterey, 1894 to 1990. 16 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1918, 1945, 1948 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 30 complete years at Monterey, 1947 to 1988. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.4 C (48.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1947, at 8.1 C (46.6 F), and the warmest was 1953, at 10.9 C (51.6 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.5 C (2.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Monterey as warming stripes, 1947 to 1988
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1947
8.1 C
-1.31 C
1949
10.1 C
+0.72 C
1950
9.2 C
-0.27 C
1953
10.9 C
+1.45 C
1954
9.6 C
+0.16 C
1957
9.6 C
+0.16 C
1961
8.5 C
-0.97 C
1962
8.1 C
-1.28 C
1963
8.3 C
-1.15 C
1964
9.2 C
-0.18 C
1965
9.2 C
-0.20 C
1966
8.4 C
-0.99 C
1967
8.3 C
-1.12 C
1968
8.4 C
-1.01 C
1973
10.1 C
+0.69 C
1974
9.4 C
+0.02 C
1975
9.7 C
+0.28 C
1976
9.3 C
-0.13 C
1977
9.5 C
+0.12 C
1978
9.2 C
-0.19 C
1979
9.3 C
-0.09 C
1980
9.6 C
+0.20 C
1981
9.2 C
-0.22 C
1982
10.1 C
+0.67 C
1983
9.9 C
+0.44 C
1984
10.5 C
+1.11 C
1985
10.3 C
+0.85 C
1986
10.5 C
+1.03 C
1987
10.3 C
+0.90 C
1988
9.6 C
+0.17 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.24 C (0.02 to 0.46) per decade over 1947 to 1988. In Fahrenheit: 0.43 F (0.04 to 0.83) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 30 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Monterey
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.24 C (0.02 to 0.46) per decade
0.43 F (0.04 to 0.83) per decade
1947 to 1988
30
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.3 C (0.1 to 0.5) per decade
0.6 F (0.2 to 0.9) per decade
1947 to 1988
30
Rise
Mean daily minimum
0.2 C (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade
0.3 F (-0.2 to 0.8) per decade
1947 to 1988
30
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1894 to 1990
Yearly extremes at Monterey: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1952
31.4 C (88.5 F)
52
Coldest night (TNn)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1899
-20.8 C (-5.5 F)
52
Wettest day (Rx1day)
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1942
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
69
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
218.9 mm (8.6 in)
1985
83.4 mm (3.3 in)
69
Longest dry spell (CDD)
37 days
1956
17 days
69
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Monterey, 1894 to 1990. The record is 35.0 C (95.0 F) in 1952, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.4 C (88.5 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Monterey by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1894
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1895
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1896
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1897
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1898
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1899
17.8 C (64.0 F)
1918
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1919
n/a
1920
n/a
1930
n/a
1931
n/a
1932
n/a
1933
n/a
1934
n/a
1935
n/a
1936
n/a
1937
n/a
1938
n/a
1939
n/a
1940
n/a
1941
n/a
1942
n/a
1943
n/a
1944
n/a
1945
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1946
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1947
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1948
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1949
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1950
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1951
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1952
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1953
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1954
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1955
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1956
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1957
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1958
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1959
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1960
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1961
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1962
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1963
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1964
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1965
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1966
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1967
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1968
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1969
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1970
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1972
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1973
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1974
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1975
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1976
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1977
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1978
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1979
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1980
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1981
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1982
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1983
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1984
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1985
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1986
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1987
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1988
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1989
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1990
28.3 C (82.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Monterey, 1894 to 1990. The record is -33.9 C (-29.0 F) in 1899, marked on the chart; the median year is -20.8 C (-5.5 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Monterey by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1894
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1895
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1896
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1897
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1898
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1899
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1918
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1919
n/a
1920
n/a
1930
n/a
1931
n/a
1932
n/a
1933
n/a
1934
n/a
1935
n/a
1936
n/a
1937
n/a
1938
n/a
1939
n/a
1940
n/a
1941
n/a
1942
n/a
1943
n/a
1944
n/a
1945
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1946
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1947
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1948
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1949
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1950
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1951
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1952
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1953
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1954
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1955
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1956
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1957
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1958
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1959
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1960
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1961
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1962
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1963
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1964
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1965
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1966
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1967
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1968
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1969
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1970
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1972
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1973
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1974
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1975
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1976
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1977
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1978
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1979
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1980
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1981
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1982
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1983
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1984
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1985
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1986
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1987
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1988
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1989
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1990
0.6 C (33.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Monterey, 1894 to 1990. The record is 114.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1942, marked on the chart; the median year is 55.9 mm (2.2 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Monterey by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1894
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1895
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1896
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1897
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1898
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1899
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1918
73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1919
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1920
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1930
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1931
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1932
59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1933
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1934
46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1935
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1936
94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1937
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1938
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1939
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1940
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1941
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1942
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1943
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1944
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1945
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1946
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1947
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1948
32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1949
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1950
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1951
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1952
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1953
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1954
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1955
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1956
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1957
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1958
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1959
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1960
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1961
70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1962
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1963
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1964
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1965
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1966
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1967
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1968
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1969
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1970
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1972
111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1973
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1974
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1975
53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1976
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1977
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1978
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1979
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1980
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1981
83.3 mm (3.3 in)
1982
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1983
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1984
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1985
100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1986
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1987
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1988
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1989
54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1990
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Monterey, 1894 to 1990. The record is 218.9 mm (8.6 in) in 1985, marked on the chart; the median year is 83.4 mm (3.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Monterey by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1894
41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1895
81.7 mm (3.2 in)
1896
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1897
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1898
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1899
49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1918
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1919
99.6 mm (3.9 in)
1920
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1930
55.8 mm (2.2 in)
1931
68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1932
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1933
69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1934
79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1935
130.5 mm (5.1 in)
1936
171.9 mm (6.8 in)
1937
95.7 mm (3.8 in)
1938
77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1939
106.9 mm (4.2 in)
1940
126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1941
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1942
148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1943
36.9 mm (1.5 in)
1944
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1945
96.9 mm (3.8 in)
1946
60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1947
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1948
75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1949
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1950
146.4 mm (5.8 in)
1951
83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1952
82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1953
64.2 mm (2.5 in)
1954
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1955
91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1956
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1957
77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1958
49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1959
64.6 mm (2.5 in)
1960
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1961
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1962
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1963
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1964
101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1965
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1966
84.9 mm (3.3 in)
1967
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1968
87.8 mm (3.5 in)
1969
94.4 mm (3.7 in)
1970
77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1972
127.8 mm (5.0 in)
1973
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1974
121.2 mm (4.8 in)
1975
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1976
111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1977
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1978
70.3 mm (2.8 in)
1979
93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1980
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1981
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1982
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1983
104.6 mm (4.1 in)
1984
127.3 mm (5.0 in)
1985
218.9 mm (8.6 in)
1986
63.9 mm (2.5 in)
1987
146.3 mm (5.8 in)
1988
52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1989
98.6 mm (3.9 in)
1990
74.2 mm (2.9 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Monterey, 1894 to 1990. The record is 37 days in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is 17 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Monterey by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1894
10 days
1895
19 days
1896
23 days
1897
16 days
1898
17 days
1899
6 days
1918
27 days
1919
22 days
1920
13 days
1930
11 days
1931
17 days
1932
20 days
1933
13 days
1934
18 days
1935
26 days
1936
21 days
1937
13 days
1938
23 days
1939
26 days
1940
14 days
1941
20 days
1942
16 days
1943
10 days
1944
15 days
1945
15 days
1946
21 days
1947
13 days
1948
13 days
1949
16 days
1950
16 days
1951
16 days
1952
26 days
1953
30 days
1954
13 days
1955
21 days
1956
37 days
1957
19 days
1958
32 days
1959
27 days
1960
27 days
1961
12 days
1962
18 days
1963
28 days
1964
24 days
1965
17 days
1966
19 days
1967
14 days
1968
33 days
1969
13 days
1970
15 days
1972
11 days
1973
18 days
1974
19 days
1975
13 days
1976
20 days
1977
12 days
1978
13 days
1979
16 days
1980
14 days
1981
18 days
1982
21 days
1983
14 days
1984
14 days
1985
36 days
1986
20 days
1987
14 days
1988
19 days
1989
14 days
1990
7 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
30 years with a frost
Across 30 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Monterey falls on 11 May and the median first autumn frost on 25 September, which leaves a median of 139 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +1.8 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Monterey
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1947 to 1988)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
11 May
n/a
11 May
n/a
0.0 days per decade
First autumn frost
25 September
n/a
25 September
n/a
+1.7 days per decade
Growing days
139 days
n/a
139 days
n/a
+1.8 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
51 years, 1895 to 1988
A day with at least 58.2 mm (2.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 115.3 mm (4.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Monterey: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
5 years
74.2 mm (2.9 in)
10 years
84.5 mm (3.3 in)
25 years
97.2 mm (3.8 in)
50 years
106.4 mm (4.2 in)
100 years
115.3 mm (4.5 in)
Longer than the 51 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 51 years of values from 1895 to 1988.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 114.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1942; 100.6 mm (4.0 in) in 1985; 94.0 mm (3.7 in) in 1936.
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Data for Monterey standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Monterey threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.