Excessive Heat Warnings in Virginia
47 excessive heat warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of excessive heat warnings reaches back to 2005.
Excessive Heat Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Excessive Heat Warnings
- 47
- Busiest year
- 202411 excessive heat warnings
- Average year
- 4over 13 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County22
- City of Alexandria22
- City of Falls Church22
- Fairfax County20
- City of Chesapeake20
- City of Fairfax20
- King George County18
- City of Virginia Beach18
- Stafford County17
- James City County15
- Southampton County15
- City of Franklin15
- City of Williamsburg15
- Gloucester County14
- Mathews County14
- Spotsylvania County14
- City of Fredericksburg14
- Greensville County13
- Lancaster County13
- Middlesex County13
- Northumberland County13
- Surry County13
- City of Emporia13
- Richmond County12
- Sussex County12
- Westmoreland County12
- Charles City County11
- Dinwiddie County11
- New Kent County11
- Prince George County11
- City of Hopewell11
- City of Petersburg11
- Brunswick County10
- Caroline County10
- Culpeper County10
- Northampton County10
- Orange County10
- Accomack County9
- Fauquier County9
- Clarke County9
46 more counties
- Amelia County8
- Goochland County8
- Nottoway County8
- Powhatan County8
- York County8
- City of Hampton8
- City of Newport News8
- City of Poquoson8
- Lunenburg County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Frederick County7
- Greene County7
- Madison County7
- Rappahannock County7
- Warren County7
- City of Charlottesville7
- City of Winchester7
- Cumberland County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Prince Edward County6
- Nelson County6
- Page County6
- Prince William County6
- City of Manassas6
- City of Manassas Park6
- Shenandoah County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Essex County5
- Hanover County5
- Henrico County5
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Richmond5
- Charlotte County4
- Loudoun County4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Halifax County3
- Rockingham County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- Louisa County1
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.