All-time weather records — Buena Vista, VA

Record high
108.0°F
August 14, 2002
Record low
-18.0°F
January 17, 1977
Wettest day
6.00 in
June 23, 1995

Climate change signal in Buena Vista

0%

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

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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 #
1930s
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1940s
·
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1950s
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1960s
2
6
1970s
80
196
1980s
6
1
1990s
71
34
2000s
195
124
2010s
12
5
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 1969, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1937-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 31, 2002 -18.0°F — Jan 17, 1977 3.00 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 81.0°F — Feb 26, 2000 5.0°F — Feb 7, 1977 2.65 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 10.0°F — Mar 5, 1978 3.66 in — Mar 7, 1967
April 93.9°F — Apr 18, 1976 19.9°F — Apr 10, 1998 3.32 in — Apr 18, 2000
May 95.0°F — May 8, 2004 30.0°F — May 10, 1977 3.16 in — May 16, 1942
June 96.1°F — Jun 11, 2004 0.0°F — Jun 28, 1998 6.00 in — Jun 23, 1995
July 104.0°F — Jul 6, 1999 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1975 2.67 in — Jul 4, 2014
August 108.0°F — Aug 14, 2002 37.0°F — Aug 28, 1975 4.00 in — Aug 1, 1948
September 99.0°F — Sep 4, 2002 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1976 4.03 in — Sep 8, 1987
October 91.9°F — Oct 4, 2002 19.9°F — Oct 29, 2001 5.00 in — Oct 21, 1961
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 2004 12.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 2.75 in — Nov 22, 2023
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 5.0°F — Dec 7, 2002 4.00 in — Dec 25, 1997

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