Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Tangier Island (USC00448323), Virginia, United States, with 50 years of record.
Key Facts for Tangier Island
Tangier Island (USC00448323) is a weather station in Virginia, United States at 37.83 latitude and -75.99 longitude, 2 m (5 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1952 to 2001, 50 years of record.
1,464 records set at Tangier Island still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Tangier Island set a daily record low minimum temperature of 3.3 C (37.9 F) on 30 April 2001.
About the Station
Location: Virginia, United States, 37.83 latitude, -75.99 longitude.
Elevation: 2 m (5 ft).
Period of record: 1952 to 2001, 50 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 Tangier Island. 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 Tangier Island, 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)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
27.8 C (82.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
35.6 C (96.1 F)
3.3 C (37.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
36.7 C (98.1 F)
7.8 C (46.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
37.8 C (100.0 F)
10.0 C (50.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
36.1 C (97.0 F)
11.1 C (52.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
34.4 C (93.9 F)
6.1 C (43.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
32.8 C (91.0 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
23.3 C (73.9 F)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Tangier Island still stand. 1991 holds the most, with 60.
Standing records at Tangier Island by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1953
42
1954
39
1955
25
1956
46
1957
42
1958
2
1959
35
1960
45
1961
22
1962
26
1963
48
1964
23
1965
29
1966
22
1967
51
1968
19
1969
17
1970
11
1971
27
1972
57
1973
27
1974
29
1975
30
1976
46
1977
44
1978
50
1979
35
1980
24
1981
19
1982
18
1983
32
1984
32
1985
47
1986
22
1987
20
1988
24
1989
28
1991
60
1992
16
1993
40
1994
31
1995
18
1996
25
1997
32
1998
31
1999
18
2000
31
2001
7
All-Time Record Progression
6 new records
6 all-time records were set at Tangier Island between 21 January 1985 and 3 February 1996. Each dot is a new record.
When Tangier Island set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1985-01-21
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -9.4 C (15.1 F)
1993-07-09
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 37.2 C (99.0 F)
1993-07-10
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 37.8 C (100.0 F)
1993-07-30
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 30.0 C (86.0 F)
1994-01-19
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -12.2 C (10.0 F)
1996-02-03
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 269.7 mm (10.6 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Tangier Island. The most was 269.7 mm (10.6 in) on 14 August 1953.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Tangier Island
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
14 January 1982
Feb
95.5 mm (3.8 in)
14 February 1984
Mar
102.9 mm (4.1 in)
19 March 1958
Apr
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
27 April 1980
May
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
30 May 1984
Jun
104.9 mm (4.1 in)
11 June 1979
Jul
102.9 mm (4.1 in)
23 July 1980
Aug
269.7 mm (10.6 in)
14 August 1953
Sep
146.3 mm (5.8 in)
6 September 1979
Oct
99.6 mm (3.9 in)
28 October 1960
Nov
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
6 November 1977
Dec
72.6 mm (2.9 in)
18 December 1977
Period of Record Coverage
1952 to 2001
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
49 years of record at Tangier Island, 1952 to 2001. 15 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 31 complete years at Tangier Island, 1953 to 1998. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 14.7 C (58.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1978, at 12.4 C (54.3 F), and the warmest was 1998, at 16.4 C (61.6 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.3 C (4.1 F).
Annual mean temperature at Tangier Island as warming stripes, 1953 to 1998
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1953
16.0 C
+1.36 C
1954
14.8 C
+0.08 C
1955
14.5 C
-0.18 C
1956
14.7 C
-0.03 C
1957
15.5 C
+0.83 C
1960
13.6 C
-1.10 C
1962
13.5 C
-1.14 C
1963
12.9 C
-1.79 C
1964
13.8 C
-0.88 C
1965
14.0 C
-0.69 C
1966
14.8 C
+0.07 C
1968
15.2 C
+0.52 C
1969
15.2 C
+0.55 C
1972
15.4 C
+0.76 C
1974
15.1 C
+0.39 C
1975
15.4 C
+0.76 C
1976
14.4 C
-0.31 C
1977
13.5 C
-1.21 C
1978
12.4 C
-2.27 C
1980
14.5 C
-0.22 C
1981
14.5 C
-0.22 C
1982
14.8 C
+0.14 C
1983
15.2 C
+0.50 C
1984
15.3 C
+0.62 C
1985
15.8 C
+1.10 C
1986
15.5 C
+0.81 C
1987
15.4 C
+0.68 C
1994
15.3 C
+0.60 C
1996
13.5 C
-1.22 C
1997
14.4 C
-0.32 C
1998
16.4 C
+1.74 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1953 to 1998 is 0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.2 F (-0.3 to 0.7) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 31 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Tangier Island
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade
0.2 F (-0.3 to 0.7) per decade
1953 to 1998
31
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.1 C (-0.2 to 0.3) per decade
0.2 F (-0.3 to 0.6) per decade
1953 to 1998
31
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.1 C (-0.2 to 0.5) per decade
0.3 F (-0.3 to 0.9) per decade
1953 to 1998
31
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
1952 to 2001
Yearly extremes at Tangier Island: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1993
33.9 C (93.0 F)
49
Coldest night (TNn)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1979
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
49
Wettest day (Rx1day)
269.7 mm (10.6 in)
1953
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
49
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
274.8 mm (10.8 in)
1953
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
49
Longest dry spell (CDD)
63 days
1965
22 days
49
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Tangier Island, 1952 to 2001. The record is 37.8 C (100.0 F) in 1993, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.9 C (93.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Tangier Island by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1952
14.4 C (57.9 F)
1953
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1954
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1955
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1956
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1957
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1958
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1959
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1960
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1961
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1962
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1963
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1964
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1965
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1966
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1967
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1968
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1969
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1970
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1971
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1972
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1973
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1974
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1975
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1976
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1977
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1978
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1979
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1980
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1981
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1982
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1983
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1984
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1985
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1986
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1987
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1988
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1989
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1991
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1992
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1993
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1994
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1995
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1996
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1997
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1998
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1999
36.7 C (98.1 F)
2000
32.2 C (90.0 F)
2001
26.7 C (80.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Tangier Island, 1952 to 2001. The record is -16.7 C (1.9 F) in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is -9.4 C (15.1 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Tangier Island by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1952
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1953
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1954
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1955
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1956
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1957
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1958
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1959
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1960
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1961
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1962
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1963
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1964
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1965
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1966
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1967
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1968
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1969
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1970
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1971
3.9 C (39.0 F)
1972
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1973
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1974
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1975
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1976
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1977
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1978
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1979
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1980
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1981
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1982
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1983
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1984
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1985
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1986
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1987
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1988
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1989
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1991
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1992
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1993
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1994
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1995
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1996
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1997
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1998
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1999
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
2000
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
2001
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Tangier Island, 1952 to 2001. The record is 269.7 mm (10.6 in) in 1953, marked on the chart; the median year is 55.4 mm (2.2 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Tangier Island by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1952
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1953
269.7 mm (10.6 in)
1954
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1955
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1956
52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1957
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1958
102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1959
90.4 mm (3.6 in)
1960
99.6 mm (3.9 in)
1961
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1962
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1963
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1964
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1965
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1966
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1967
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1968
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1969
137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1970
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1971
6.4 mm (0.25 in)
1972
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1973
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1974
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1975
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1976
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1977
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1978
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1979
146.3 mm (5.8 in)
1980
102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1981
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1982
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1983
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1984
95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1985
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1986
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1987
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1988
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1989
127.8 mm (5.0 in)
1991
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1992
49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1993
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1994
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1995
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1996
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1997
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1998
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1999
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
2000
59.2 mm (2.3 in)
2001
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Tangier Island, 1952 to 2001. The record is 274.8 mm (10.8 in) in 1953, marked on the chart; the median year is 84.6 mm (3.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Tangier Island by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1952
60.8 mm (2.4 in)
1953
274.8 mm (10.8 in)
1954
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1955
96.9 mm (3.8 in)
1956
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1957
90.3 mm (3.6 in)
1958
112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1959
192.4 mm (7.6 in)
1960
114.1 mm (4.5 in)
1961
85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1962
76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1963
126.2 mm (5.0 in)
1964
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1965
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1966
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1967
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1968
42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1969
137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1970
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1971
6.4 mm (0.25 in)
1972
48.4 mm (1.9 in)
1973
73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1974
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1975
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1976
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1977
87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1978
113.8 mm (4.5 in)
1979
210.0 mm (8.3 in)
1980
108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1981
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1982
99.9 mm (3.9 in)
1983
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1984
206.5 mm (8.1 in)
1985
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1986
52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1987
117.1 mm (4.6 in)
1988
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1989
154.7 mm (6.1 in)
1991
78.3 mm (3.1 in)
1992
82.4 mm (3.2 in)
1993
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1994
99.2 mm (3.9 in)
1995
73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1996
107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1997
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1998
77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1999
102.6 mm (4.0 in)
2000
115.4 mm (4.5 in)
2001
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Tangier Island, 1952 to 2001. The record is 63 days in 1965, marked on the chart; the median year is 22 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Tangier Island by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1952
22 days
1953
22 days
1954
42 days
1955
15 days
1956
16 days
1957
19 days
1958
18 days
1959
22 days
1960
19 days
1961
22 days
1962
40 days
1963
55 days
1964
32 days
1965
63 days
1966
35 days
1967
21 days
1968
26 days
1969
29 days
1970
14 days
1971
18 days
1972
22 days
1973
26 days
1974
26 days
1975
13 days
1976
26 days
1977
19 days
1978
17 days
1979
14 days
1980
17 days
1981
17 days
1982
29 days
1983
39 days
1984
29 days
1985
27 days
1986
35 days
1987
22 days
1988
23 days
1989
25 days
1991
15 days
1992
18 days
1993
14 days
1994
25 days
1995
15 days
1996
10 days
1997
15 days
1998
26 days
1999
19 days
2000
40 days
2001
9 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
31 years with a frost
Across 31 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Tangier Island falls on 25 March and the median first autumn frost on 29 November, which leaves a median of 246 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +2.7 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Tangier Island
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1954 to 1998)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
25 March
n/a
25 March
n/a
-0.8 days per decade
First autumn frost
29 November
n/a
28 November
n/a
+1.9 days per decade
Growing days
246 days
n/a
246 days
n/a
+2.7 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
32 years, 1953 to 1998
A day with at least 53.7 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 252.8 mm (10.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Tangier Island: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
53.7 mm (2.1 in)
5 years
78.8 mm (3.1 in)
10 years
103.2 mm (4.1 in)
25 years
147.0 mm (5.8 in)
50 years
192.5 mm (7.6 in)
Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years
252.8 mm (10.0 in)
Longer than the 32 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, 32 years of values from 1953 to 1998.
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: 269.7 mm (10.6 in) in 1953; 137.2 mm (5.4 in) in 1969; 102.9 mm (4.1 in) in 1980.
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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.