All-time weather records — Danville, VA

Record high
107.1°F
August 6, 1918
Record low
-6.0°F
January 28, 1940
Wettest day
6.00 in
October 11, 2018

Climate change signal in Danville

7.7%

of Danville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
22
26
1920s
37
26
1930s
62
43
1940s
48
62
1950s
43
50
1960s
15
54
1970s
26
38
1980s
42
26
1990s
14
15
2000s
25
9
2010s
10
3
2020s
22
14

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 1916, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 1, 2022 -6.0°F — Jan 28, 1940 3.17 in — Jan 4, 1992
February 84.9°F — Feb 27, 1977 1.9°F — Feb 5, 1917 3.00 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 91.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 8.1°F — Mar 6, 1960 3.91 in — Mar 29, 2010
April 95.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.26 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 100.9°F — May 22, 1941 28.9°F — May 9, 1976 3.97 in — May 24, 1916
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 1936 39.9°F — Jun 11, 1977 4.33 in — Jun 3, 1995
July 105.1°F — Jul 10, 1936 27.0°F — Jul 27, 1991 4.26 in — Jul 1, 1892
August 107.1°F — Aug 6, 1918 39.9°F — Aug 21, 1921 4.62 in — Aug 28, 2008
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 1932 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1951 4.76 in — Sep 4, 1996
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 21.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.00 in — Oct 11, 2018
November 88.0°F — Nov 7, 2024 0.0°F — Nov 20, 1948 3.65 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 81.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -0.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 4.70 in — Dec 29, 1958

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