Virginia Extremes

Highest Sea-level Pressure	1051.2mb	January 31, 1981	Washington National
Lowest Sea-level Pressure	965.3mb	March 15, 1993	Richmond
Highest Wind Speed	134mph	September 14, 1944	Cape Henry
Highest Temperature	110F	July 15, 1954	Balcony Falls¹
Lowest Temperature	-30F	January 21, 1985	Mountain Lake Biological Station
High 24-hour Precipitation	27.35 in	August 20, 1969	Nelson County²
High Monthly Precipitation	24.98 in	June, 1995	Glasgow³
High Annual Precipitation	81.78 in	1972	Montebello
Least Annual Precipitation	12.52 in	1941	Moore's Creek
Greatest 24-hour Snowfall	33.0 in	March 6, 1962	Big Meadows
High Single Storm Snowfall	48.0 in	January 6-7, 1996	Big Meadows⁴
Greatest Monthly Snowfall	54.0 in	February, 1899	Warrenton
Greatest Seasonal Snowfall	124.2 in	1995-6	Wise⁵

¹Although Balcony Falls recorded 110F there is some contention as to whether this was a faulty reading. If the reading is faulty, the record is 109F, at Woodstock on July 20, 1930 and at Lincoln on July 10, 1936.

² This is an unofficial record. The official 24-hour observing period record is 14.28 inches, recorded in Williamsburg on September 16, 1999.

³The previous published record was 23.88 inches at Big Meadows (August, 1955). However, it is apparent that if Nelson County had 27.35 inches in 24-hours (really 9 hours!), the Nelson County figure would exceed the record at both Glasgow and Big Meadows. In addition, a location in Madison County recorded 24 inches in 6 hours on June 27, 1995. However, neither of these observations was from an official observing station.

⁵ Previous record was 109.9 inches at Mountain Lake Biological Station, 1977-78.