Chesterfield County
Temperature Summary (1972-2009)
Highest Maximum: 108 F, July 19, 1986, August 22, 1983
Lowest Minimum: 0 F, Januaury 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 76 F
Mean 61.8 F
Minimum 49.8 F
Precipitation Summary (1893-2009)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 11.0 Inches, October 10, 1990
Annual Average Rainfall: 47.50 Inches
Wettest Year: 67.93 Inches, 1929
Driest Year: 29.24 Inches, 2001
Largest Snowfall: 12.0 Inches January 25 2000
Extreme Events (*Data through December 2009)
22 Tornadoes (1950-2009)
Tornado damage: $26.733 million
55 Tornado related injuries
66 Wind events (winds exceeding 50 knots or 58 miles per hour)
55 Hail events (1955-2009)
3 Lightning events (1993-2009)
1 Lightning related injuries
0 Lightning related fatalities
Following data from 1993-2009
12 Flood events
16 Winter precipitation events
152 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
Incipient: 123
Moderate: 122
Severe: 19
Extreme: 11
