All-time weather records — Buchanan, VA

Record high
107.1°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-13.0°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
80.30 in
October 23, 1950

Climate change signal in Buchanan

0%

of Buchanan'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
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·
1900s
·
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1910s
14
20
1920s
50
42
1930s
87
54
1940s
54
58
1950s
42
31
1960s
17
61
1970s
15
39
1980s
13
28
1990s
53
19
2000s
21
14
2010s
·
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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 1918, the latest in 2003. Period of observation: 1892-2013.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 30, 2002 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.20 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 82.9°F — Feb 11, 1932 -13.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.57 in — Feb 7, 2004
March 90.0°F — Mar 19, 1945 -4.0°F — Mar 8, 1960 3.90 in — Mar 17, 1936
April 99.0°F — Apr 12, 2001 0.0°F — Apr 2, 2004 3.45 in — Apr 22, 1992
May 99.0°F — May 22, 1941 24.1°F — May 5, 1973 5.10 in — May 12, 1912
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 1934 35.1°F — Jun 6, 1945 3.27 in — Jun 23, 1995
July 107.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 33.1°F — Jul 7, 1983 3.40 in — Jul 19, 1954
August 104.0°F — Aug 4, 1930 41.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 5.10 in — Aug 28, 1893
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1932 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 5.50 in — Sep 10, 1950
October 99.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 16.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 80.30 in — Oct 23, 1950
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 7.0°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.21 in — Nov 9, 1996
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 -13.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.60 in — Dec 29, 1958

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