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Rapidan Weather Records (USC00447033)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Rapidan (USC00447033), Virginia, United States, with 51 years of record.

Key Facts for Rapidan

  • Rapidan (USC00447033) is a weather station in Virginia, United States at 38.30 latitude and -78.07 longitude, 92 m (302 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1931 to 1981, 51 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Rapidan still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Rapidan set a daily record snowfall of 11.9 cm (4.7 in) on 16 December 1981.

About the Station

  • Location: Virginia, United States, 38.30 latitude, -78.07 longitude.
  • Elevation: 92 m (302 ft).
  • Period of record: 1931 to 1981, 51 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp, snow, snwd.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record
Daily record high and record low at Rapidan, with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Rapidan. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius. 000111 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Rapidan. 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 Rapidan, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

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Standing records at Rapidan by the year they were set 0 records at Rapidan still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Rapidan still stand.
Standing records at Rapidan by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 191.5 mm (7.5 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Rapidan The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Rapidan. The most was 191.5 mm (7.5 in) on 22 June 1972. 050100150200 Jan: 71.9 mm (2.8 in), 14 January 1968 Jan Feb: 62.0 mm (2.4 in), 8 February 1965 Feb Mar: 63.5 mm (2.5 in), 6 March 1962 Mar Apr: 49.8 mm (2.0 in), 1 April 1976 Apr May: 81.3 mm (3.2 in), 21 May 1971 May Jun: 191.5 mm (7.5 in), 22 June 1972 Jun Jul: 70.4 mm (2.8 in), 10 July 1970 Jul Aug: 113.3 mm (4.5 in), 18 August 1955 Aug Sep: 87.6 mm (3.4 in), 6 September 1979 Sep Oct: 104.1 mm (4.1 in), 9 October 1976 Oct Nov: 83.1 mm (3.3 in), 4 November 1947 Nov Dec: 66.8 mm (2.6 in), 4 December 1948 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Rapidan. The most was 191.5 mm (7.5 in) on 22 June 1972.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Rapidan
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan71.9 mm (2.8 in)14 January 1968
Feb62.0 mm (2.4 in)8 February 1965
Mar63.5 mm (2.5 in)6 March 1962
Apr49.8 mm (2.0 in)1 April 1976
May81.3 mm (3.2 in)21 May 1971
Jun191.5 mm (7.5 in)22 June 1972
Jul70.4 mm (2.8 in)10 July 1970
Aug113.3 mm (4.5 in)18 August 1955
Sep87.6 mm (3.4 in)6 September 1979
Oct104.1 mm (4.1 in)9 October 1976
Nov83.1 mm (3.3 in)4 November 1947
Dec66.8 mm (2.6 in)4 December 1948

Latest Records

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Latest records at Rapidan
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
16 December 1981Rapidan, USdaily snowfall11.9 cm (4.7 in)11.9 cm (4.7 in)36 years32 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1981Rapidan, USdaily snow depth7.6 cm (3.0 in)2.5 cm (1.0 in)10 years10 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1981Rapidan, USdaily snow depth2.5 cm (1.0 in)2.5 cm (1.0 in)36 years17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain53.3 mm (2.1 in)1.0 mm (0.04 in)4 years6 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain11.7 mm (0.5 in)5.1 mm (0.20 in)19 years12 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain64.5 mm (2.5 in)49.5 mm (1.9 in)6 years39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain38.9 mm (1.5 in)3.3 mm (0.13 in)36 years17 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain10.7 mm (0.4 in)1.6 mm (0.06 in)28 years14 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain19.3 mm (0.8 in)1.3 mm (0.05 in)6 years7 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain27.9 mm (1.1 in)9.9 mm (0.39 in)35 years25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1981Rapidan, USdaily rain13.7 mm (0.5 in)0.5 mm (0.02 in)8 years7 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1980Rapidan, USdaily rain32.0 mm (1.3 in)4.3 mm (0.17 in)24 years15 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1980Rapidan, USdaily rain (Tie)24.4 mm (1.0 in)tie18 years2 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1980Rapidan, USdaily rain46.7 mm (1.8 in)19.0 mm (0.7 in)34 years32 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1980Rapidan, USdaily rain16.5 mm (0.6 in)1.3 mm (0.05 in)5 years7 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1980Rapidan, USdaily rain22.1 mm (0.9 in)3.8 mm (0.15 in)6 years10 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1980Rapidan, USdaily rain11.4 mm (0.4 in)2.8 mm (0.11 in)13 years10 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1980Rapidan, USdaily snow depth (Tie)2.5 cm (1.0 in)tie20 years2 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1980Rapidan, USdaily snow depth (Tie)5.1 cm (2.0 in)tie22 years2 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1980Rapidan, USdaily snowfall2.5 cm (1.0 in)2.5 cm (1.0 in)35 years17 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1931 to 1981
Yearly extremes at Rapidan: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)191.5 mm (7.5 in)197263.8 mm (2.5 in)39
Wettest five days (Rx5day)224.0 mm (8.8 in)1972101.9 mm (4.0 in)38
Longest dry spell (CDD)32 days196320 days39

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Rapidan by year The wettest day of the year at Rapidan, 1931 to 1981. The record is 191.5 mm (7.5 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 63.8 mm (2.5 in). 05010015020019401950196019701980Record: 191.5 mm (7.5 in) in 1972
The wettest day of the year at Rapidan, 1931 to 1981. The record is 191.5 mm (7.5 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 63.8 mm (2.5 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Rapidan by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
19310.0 mm (0.00 in)
194433.0 mm (1.3 in)
194578.5 mm (3.1 in)
194656.1 mm (2.2 in)
194783.1 mm (3.3 in)
194866.8 mm (2.6 in)
194941.9 mm (1.6 in)
195072.1 mm (2.8 in)
195196.0 mm (3.8 in)
195265.8 mm (2.6 in)
195345.0 mm (1.8 in)
195487.6 mm (3.4 in)
1955113.3 mm (4.5 in)
195655.1 mm (2.2 in)
195785.3 mm (3.4 in)
195848.8 mm (1.9 in)
195962.7 mm (2.5 in)
196045.0 mm (1.8 in)
196148.3 mm (1.9 in)
196263.8 mm (2.5 in)
196363.5 mm (2.5 in)
196447.0 mm (1.9 in)
196562.0 mm (2.4 in)
196679.2 mm (3.1 in)
196756.6 mm (2.2 in)
196879.5 mm (3.1 in)
196952.3 mm (2.1 in)
197070.4 mm (2.8 in)
1971101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1972191.5 mm (7.5 in)
1973106.7 mm (4.2 in)
197463.8 mm (2.5 in)
197558.4 mm (2.3 in)
1976104.1 mm (4.1 in)
197745.5 mm (1.8 in)
197853.3 mm (2.1 in)
197987.6 mm (3.4 in)
198046.7 mm (1.8 in)
198164.5 mm (2.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Rapidan by year The wettest five days of the year at Rapidan, 1931 to 1981. The record is 224.0 mm (8.8 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 101.9 mm (4.0 in). 5010015020025019401950196019701980Record: 224.0 mm (8.8 in) in 1972
The wettest five days of the year at Rapidan, 1931 to 1981. The record is 224.0 mm (8.8 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 101.9 mm (4.0 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Rapidan by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1931n/a
194463.5 mm (2.5 in)
1945149.4 mm (5.9 in)
194667.5 mm (2.7 in)
1947120.7 mm (4.8 in)
1948157.3 mm (6.2 in)
194989.3 mm (3.5 in)
1950168.9 mm (6.6 in)
1951129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1952114.1 mm (4.5 in)
195367.4 mm (2.7 in)
1954100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1955140.7 mm (5.5 in)
1956111.8 mm (4.4 in)
195794.7 mm (3.7 in)
1958104.1 mm (4.1 in)
195980.4 mm (3.2 in)
196085.9 mm (3.4 in)
196188.7 mm (3.5 in)
196287.7 mm (3.5 in)
196372.4 mm (2.9 in)
196486.1 mm (3.4 in)
196575.7 mm (3.0 in)
1966139.0 mm (5.5 in)
1967103.1 mm (4.1 in)
196897.8 mm (3.9 in)
196975.1 mm (3.0 in)
1970107.9 mm (4.2 in)
1971114.6 mm (4.5 in)
1972224.0 mm (8.8 in)
1973149.6 mm (5.9 in)
1974111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1975186.7 mm (7.4 in)
1976127.2 mm (5.0 in)
197790.1 mm (3.5 in)
197864.6 mm (2.5 in)
1979132.4 mm (5.2 in)
198069.8 mm (2.7 in)
198194.2 mm (3.7 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Rapidan by year The longest dry spell of the year at Rapidan, 1931 to 1981. The record is 32 days in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 20 days. 01020304019401950196019701980Record: 32 days in 1963
The longest dry spell of the year at Rapidan, 1931 to 1981. The record is 32 days in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 20 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Rapidan by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
19311 day
194415 days
194517 days
194621 days
194719 days
194817 days
194919 days
195015 days
195122 days
195223 days
195320 days
195424 days
195519 days
195619 days
195724 days
195822 days
195926 days
196015 days
196115 days
196221 days
196332 days
196429 days
196532 days
196627 days
196722 days
196826 days
196917 days
197020 days
197120 days
197210 days
197320 days
197418 days
197515 days
197629 days
197718 days
197832 days
197915 days
198015 days
198121 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.

Rainfall Return Levels

33 years, 1949 to 1981

A day with at least 63.7 mm (2.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 191.6 mm (7.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Rapidan: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years63.7 mm (2.5 in)
5 years86.4 mm (3.4 in)
10 years105.2 mm (4.1 in)
25 years134.4 mm (5.3 in)
50 years160.7 mm (6.3 in)Longer than the 33 years of record
100 years191.6 mm (7.5 in)Longer than the 33 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, 33 years of values from 1949 to 1981.

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: 191.5 mm (7.5 in) in 1972; 113.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1955; 106.7 mm (4.2 in) in 1973.

Download the Data

  • Data for Rapidan standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
  • Data for Rapidan 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.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).