All-time weather records — Bedford, VA

Record high
104.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-9.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.77 in
October 8, 2005

Climate change signal in Bedford

0%

of Bedford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
44
33
1900s
39
24
1910s
2
3
1930s
2
3
1940s
96
93
1950s
66
54
1960s
35
50
1970s
19
33
1980s
21
47
1990s
25
21
2000s
17
5
2010s
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2020s
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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 2006. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -9.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.98 in — Jan 19, 1900
February 79.0°F — Feb 24, 1985 -6.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 3.33 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 89.1°F — Mar 19, 1905 3.9°F — Mar 8, 1960 3.75 in — Mar 23, 1949
April 95.0°F — Apr 2, 1905 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1898 4.70 in — Apr 22, 1992
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1941 28.0°F — May 2, 1943 4.50 in — May 6, 1989
June 102.0°F — Jun 12, 1902 36.0°F — Jun 6, 1945 3.77 in — Jun 5, 1993
July 104.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 43.0°F — Jul 11, 1901 3.25 in — Jul 14, 1990
August 100.9°F — Aug 2, 1942 42.1°F — Aug 26, 1942 6.66 in — Aug 8, 1942
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 28.9°F — Sep 29, 1942 5.85 in — Sep 8, 1987
October 99.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 21.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 6.77 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 87.1°F — Nov 16, 1958 8.1°F — Nov 26, 1950 4.12 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 82.9°F — Dec 16, 1971 -6.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 2.50 in — Dec 3, 1900

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