All-time weather records — Ashland, VA

Record high
105.1°F
August 12, 1900
Record low
-18.0°F
January 17, 1893
Wettest day
6.02 in
June 7, 2019

Climate change signal in Ashland

6.3%

of Ashland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
50
31
1900s
37
18
1910s
18
17
1920s
35
113
1940s
11
6
1950s
72
44
1960s
12
55
1970s
19
19
1980s
30
33
1990s
24
13
2000s
22
9
2010s
24
8
2020s
12
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Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 -18.0°F — Jan 17, 1893 3.17 in — Jan 1, 2007
February 82.0°F — Feb 15, 1989 -11.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.72 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 91.9°F — Mar 29, 1907 3.9°F — Mar 4, 2014 3.35 in — Mar 15, 1912
April 96.1°F — Apr 18, 1896 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1947 3.04 in — Apr 21, 2008
May 97.0°F — May 23, 1925 28.0°F — May 5, 1926 5.70 in — May 3, 1893
June 100.9°F — Jun 8, 1899 30.9°F — Jun 9, 1907 6.02 in — Jun 7, 2019
July 102.9°F — Jul 1, 1901 43.0°F — Jul 5, 1927 5.44 in — Jul 16, 1989
August 105.1°F — Aug 12, 1900 41.0°F — Aug 23, 1925 5.24 in — Aug 27, 1971
September 105.1°F — Sep 8, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 21, 1956 5.35 in — Sep 9, 1977
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.32 in — Oct 21, 1961
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 10.0°F — Nov 29, 1955 3.15 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 1998 -4.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.42 in — Dec 13, 1909

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Ashland.