All-time weather records — Big Stone Gap, VA

Record high
102.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-17.0°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
4.34 in
February 16, 2003

Climate change signal in Big Stone Gap

15.6%

of Big Stone Gap's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (57 of 366 records since 2015).

26%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (95 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 #
1990s
154
128
2000s
111
88
2010s
71
100
2020s
30
50

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 1990, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1990-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 12, 2020 -11.9°F — Jan 20, 1994 2.40 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 75.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 -17.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 4.34 in — Feb 16, 2003
March 84.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 -2.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.33 in — Mar 18, 2002
April 88.0°F — Apr 11, 1995 17.1°F — Apr 4, 2012 3.50 in — Apr 17, 1998
May 91.0°F — May 15, 1998 28.0°F — May 1, 2013 2.71 in — May 28, 2017
June 100.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 2, 2003 2.25 in — Jun 10, 2021
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 39.9°F — Jul 1, 2009 3.25 in — Jul 8, 2022
August 96.1°F — Aug 1, 1999 48.0°F — Aug 7, 2004 2.90 in — Aug 17, 1994
September 97.0°F — Sep 15, 1998 32.0°F — Sep 28, 2022 3.48 in — Sep 27, 2009
October 91.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 0.0°F — Oct 30, 1992 2.40 in — Oct 24, 2017
November 82.9°F — Nov 4, 2003 3.9°F — Nov 25, 2011 2.80 in — Nov 11, 2002
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -9.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.28 in — Dec 1, 1996

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Big Stone Gap.