Chesterfield County
Temperature Summary (1972-2006)
Highest Maximum: 108 F, July 19, 1986, August 22, 1983
Lowest Minimum: 0 F, Januaury 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 73.0 F
Mean 61.3 F
Minimum 48.9 F
Precipitation Summary (1893-2006)
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
Mean Snowfall: 3.4 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 12.0 Inches January 25 2000
Extreme Events
(*Data through August 2006)
21 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all tornadoes= $26.708 million
55 Injuries from all the tornadoes
88 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
40 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total damage= $n/a
3 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
Total damage= $55,000
1 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Follwing data from 1993-2006
11 Total Floods
7 Flash Floods
3 River Floods
1 Coastal Flood
12 Ice, Sleet or Snow
16 Extreme Cold Events
152 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
