All-time weather records — Mineral, VA

Record high
108.0°F
July 20, 1930
Record low
-20.9°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
11.18 in
August 20, 1969

Climate change signal in Mineral

6.6%

of Mineral's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1910s
6
26
1920s
42
84
1930s
53
42
1940s
57
34
1950s
60
17
1960s
13
30
1970s
26
12
1980s
25
45
1990s
27
32
2000s
23
28
2010s
17
16
2020s
17
·

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 2026. Period of observation: 1916-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 30, 2002 -20.0°F — Jan 27, 1940 2.50 in — Jan 24, 1940
February 82.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -20.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.98 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 89.1°F — Mar 12, 1990 -5.1°F — Mar 4, 2014 3.90 in — Mar 4, 1993
April 96.1°F — Apr 17, 2002 12.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.83 in — Apr 26, 1937
May 99.0°F — May 28, 1941 26.1°F — May 4, 1986 2.65 in — May 9, 2008
June 100.9°F — Jun 19, 1944 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 6.51 in — Jun 26, 1975
July 108.0°F — Jul 20, 1930 32.0°F — Jul 22, 1921 5.18 in — Jul 22, 1956
August 105.1°F — Aug 9, 1930 36.0°F — Aug 31, 1929 11.18 in — Aug 20, 1969
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 7.0°F — Sep 24, 1998 4.59 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 1941 18.0°F — Oct 24, 1969 5.63 in — Oct 22, 1929
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1974 3.9°F — Nov 29, 1930 5.76 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 79.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -9.0°F — Dec 15, 1917 3.18 in — Dec 10, 1992

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