All-time weather records — Glade Spring, VA

Record high
102.0°F
July 21, 1926
Record low
-18.9°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
70.01 in
April 21, 1928

Climate change signal in Glade Spring

9.8%

of Glade Spring's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

13.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (48 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
10
26
1920s
119
32
1940s
7
1
1950s
81
30
1960s
34
69
1970s
10
8
1990s
31
66
2000s
28
59
2010s
28
42
2020s
18
33

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 1, 1952 -11.9°F — Jan 13, 1895 2.50 in — Jan 27, 1996
February 84.0°F — Feb 8, 1925 -18.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.05 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 86.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 -4.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.50 in — Mar 18, 2002
April 90.0°F — Apr 2, 2010 18.0°F — Apr 9, 1926 70.01 in — Apr 21, 1928
May 95.0°F — May 3, 1926 28.9°F — May 10, 2020 2.50 in — May 24, 2022
June 99.0°F — Jun 4, 1925 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.85 in — Jun 11, 1923
July 102.0°F — Jul 21, 1926 42.1°F — Jul 10, 1961 3.87 in — Jul 30, 1966
August 100.0°F — Aug 29, 1924 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1999 2.82 in — Aug 10, 1998
September 100.0°F — Sep 7, 1954 30.9°F — Sep 28, 2021 4.00 in — Sep 26, 2024
October 93.9°F — Oct 7, 1924 17.1°F — Oct 27, 1962 2.55 in — Oct 20, 2019
November 84.0°F — Nov 4, 2003 1.9°F — Nov 30, 1929 2.52 in — Nov 19, 2003
December 79.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -6.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 2.69 in — Dec 1, 2019

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