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Norfolk, VA 36.904°N, 76.193°W · station ORFthr · 153 years of record
98°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Norfolk.
82° MON 7/13 86° TUE 7/14 97° WED 7/15 98° THU 7/16 95° FRI 7/17 96° SAT 7/18 95° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #3 / 152
warmest Jul 16 in 152 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 102°F
set in 1879
Coolest Jul 16 ever 75°F
set in 1929
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Norfolk. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
75 88 102 1874: 95°F 1875: 94°F 1876: 91°F 1877: 94°F 1878: 91°F 1879: 102°F 1880: 98°F 1881: 95°F 1882: 84°F 1883: 93°F 1884: 81°F 1885: 93°F 1886: 81°F 1887: 98°F 1888: 83°F 1889: 79°F 1890: 91°F 1891: 85°F 1892: 90°F 1893: 95°F 1894: 86°F 1895: 88°F 1896: 94°F 1897: 88°F 1898: 87°F 1899: 95°F 1900: 95°F 1901: 82°F 1902: 85°F 1903: 78°F 1904: 86°F 1905: 88°F 1906: 90°F 1907: 89°F 1908: 87°F 1909: 90°F 1910: 92°F 1911: 88°F 1912: 91°F 1913: 80°F 1914: 89°F 1915: 96°F 1916: 86°F 1917: 88°F 1918: 90°F 1919: 89°F 1920: 88°F 1921: 82°F 1922: 87°F 1923: 89°F 1924: 87°F 1925: 91°F 1926: 81°F 1927: 87°F 1928: 90°F 1929: 75°F 1930: 78°F 1931: 94°F 1932: 92°F 1933: 87°F 1934: 96°F 1935: 81°F 1936: 96°F 1937: 98°F 1938: 92°F 1939: 78°F 1940: 80°F 1941: 80°F 1942: 90°F 1943: 87°F 1944: 85°F 1945: 77°F 1946: 77°F 1947: 84°F 1948: 77°F 1949: 80°F 1950: 85°F 1951: 89°F 1952: 93°F 1953: 93°F 1954: 80°F 1955: 94°F 1956: 86°F 1957: 80°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 81°F 1960: 78°F 1961: 95°F 1962: 85°F 1963: 90°F 1964: 90°F 1965: 82°F 1966: 80°F 1967: 80°F 1968: 87°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 82°F 1972: 89°F 1973: 79°F 1974: 85°F 1975: 83°F 1976: 94°F 1977: 92°F 1978: 75°F 1979: 82°F 1980: 91°F 1981: 80°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 99°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 91°F 1986: 90°F 1987: 80°F 1988: 94°F 1989: 81°F 1990: 86°F 1991: 85°F 1992: 97°F 1993: 87°F 1994: 91°F 1995: 93°F 1996: 87°F 1997: 95°F 1998: 86°F 1999: 84°F 2000: 78°F 2001: 87°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 93°F 2004: 85°F 2005: 91°F 2006: 86°F 2007: 95°F 2008: 82°F 2009: 89°F 2010: 97°F 2011: 85°F 2012: 92°F 2013: 92°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 79°F 2016: 96°F 2017: 90°F 2018: 91°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 91°F 2021: 95°F 2022: 87°F 2023: 91°F 2024: 98°F 2025: 91°F 98° forecast 1874 1879 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 98°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 102°F This-date rank #3 of 152
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 105°F (1918) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1874–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Norfolk in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 84°F 1931 -3°F 1985 Feb 82°F 1890 2°F 1895 Mar 92°F 1907 14°F 1888 Apr 97°F 1960 23°F 1923 May 100°F 1991 36°F 1956 Jun 102°F 1874 45°F 1967 Jul 105°F 2010 54°F 1978 Aug 105°F 1918 49°F 1982 Sep 100°F 1895 40°F 1888 Oct 95°F 1954 27°F 1976 Nov 86°F 1974 17°F 1929 Dec 82°F 2015 5°F 1917 All-time 105°F 1918 -3°F 1985
Records set or tied at Norfolk so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 7 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 26 days
record run, ended Aug 6 1995
So far in 2026 24 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Norfolk's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +9° vs normal .
Jan: 50°F Jan: 34°F Feb: 52°F Feb: 35°F Mar: 59°F Mar: 41°F Apr: 69°F Apr: 50°F May: 76°F May: 59°F Jun: 84°F Jun: 68°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 73°F Aug: 86°F Aug: 72°F Sep: 80°F Sep: 67°F Oct: 71°F Oct: 55°F Nov: 61°F Nov: 44°F Dec: 54°F Dec: 38°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:56 AM Sunset 7:25 PM Solar noon 12:10 PM Daylight 14h 29m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 36.90°N, 76.19°W Norfolk's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Norfolk's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Norfolk, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Norfolk — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
24 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 7th most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 36 in 1880.
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