All-time weather records — Blackstone, VA

Record high
102.9°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-13.0°F
January 7, 2018
Wettest day
5.91 in
September 19, 2003

Climate change signal in Blackstone

14.5%

of Blackstone's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1970s
65
101
1980s
91
147
1990s
70
39
2000s
57
26
2010s
57
35
2020s
26
18

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 1972, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1972-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -13.0°F — Jan 7, 2018 2.80 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 82.0°F — Feb 16, 1989 -9.0°F — Feb 10, 1979 3.78 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 89.1°F — Mar 14, 1990 6.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.90 in — Mar 7, 1992
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1985 10.9°F — Apr 10, 1985 4.60 in — Apr 18, 2000
May 95.0°F — May 31, 1991 28.9°F — May 10, 2020 5.66 in — May 26, 2003
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 36.0°F — Jun 1, 2025 3.00 in — Jun 7, 1981
July 102.9°F — Jul 25, 2010 41.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 4.62 in — Jul 21, 2012
August 102.9°F — Aug 23, 1983 41.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 4.96 in — Aug 31, 2004
September 100.9°F — Sep 12, 1983 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1983 5.91 in — Sep 19, 2003
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 22, 1987 5.69 in — Oct 12, 2018
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 8.1°F — Nov 12, 2016 4.57 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 87.1°F — Dec 22, 1991 -0.9°F — Dec 26, 1980 3.00 in — Dec 3, 2009

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