Virginia, 2025

Excessive Heat in Virginia, June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025 · NWS LWX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

A large area of high pressure across the region brought extreme heat and humidity to the Mid-Atlantic.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.

A large area of high pressure across the region brought extreme heat and humidity to the Mid-Atlantic.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 9:08 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 9:08 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Event by event

5 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Shenandoah

When
June 24, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Shenandoah forecast zone
Reported by
RAWS
Coordinates
38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The RAWS at Fort Valley, FVRV2, observed a peak heat index of 106F.

Excessive Heat, Page

When
June 24, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Page forecast zone
Reported by
RAWS
Coordinates
38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The RAWS at the Shenandoah National Park Headquarters, LHQV2, observed a peak heat index of 107F.

Excessive Heat, Warren

When
June 24, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The AWOS at Front Royal Warren County Airport, KFRR, observed a peak heat index of 105F.

Excessive Heat, Eastern Loudoun

When
June 24, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The AWOS at Leesburg Regional Airport, KJYO, observed a peak heat index around 110F.

Excessive Heat, Cst and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park

When
June 24, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Cst and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.746, -77.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The AWOS at Manassas Regional Airport, KHEF, observed a peak heat index around 110F. The RAWS at the Prince William Forest Park, PWRV2, observed a peak heat index of 110F.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1259504, 1259505, 1259506, 1259507, 1259510.