All-time weather records — Blacksburg, VA

Record high
99.0°F
July 15, 1954
Record low
-18.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
4.44 in
September 22, 2021

Climate change signal in Blacksburg

13.4%

of Blacksburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (49 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1950s
73
16
1960s
37
97
1970s
40
113
1980s
61
67
1990s
39
33
2000s
45
20
2010s
45
16
2020s
26
4

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 1953, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1952-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 30, 1975 -18.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.26 in — Jan 4, 1992
February 80.1°F — Feb 23, 2018 -11.9°F — Feb 4, 1970 2.37 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 86.0°F — Mar 29, 2020 1.9°F — Mar 11, 1969 2.95 in — Mar 29, 2007
April 95.0°F — Apr 28, 1957 14.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.42 in — Apr 22, 1992
May 90.0°F — May 31, 2011 23.0°F — May 5, 1973 2.92 in — May 26, 1975
June 95.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 30.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.07 in — Jun 27, 2006
July 99.0°F — Jul 15, 1954 41.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 3.56 in — Jul 2, 2021
August 99.0°F — Aug 23, 1983 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.44 in — Aug 27, 1992
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 1953 21.9°F — Sep 24, 1983 4.44 in — Sep 22, 2021
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 2019 12.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 2.94 in — Oct 19, 1966
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 2004 0.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 2.92 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -9.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.18 in — Dec 29, 1958

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