All-time weather records — Pearisburg, VA

Record high
100.0°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-18.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
4.92 in
June 28, 1995

Climate change signal in Pearisburg

26%

of Pearisburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (95 of 366 records since 2015).

16.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (62 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 #
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
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1970s
46
92
1980s
81
84
1990s
52
56
2000s
63
51
2010s
64
49
2020s
60
34

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 1972, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1951-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -18.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.16 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 80.1°F — Feb 23, 2018 -13.0°F — Feb 6, 1996 2.64 in — Feb 16, 2025
March 88.0°F — Mar 29, 2020 -5.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.41 in — Mar 2, 2007
April 90.0°F — Apr 18, 1976 5.0°F — Apr 18, 2000 3.17 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 91.9°F — May 21, 2022 26.1°F — May 6, 1973 3.23 in — May 24, 2022
June 97.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 34.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 4.92 in — Jun 28, 1995
July 100.0°F — Jul 16, 1988 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 2.92 in — Jul 13, 2015
August 100.0°F — Aug 17, 1988 37.0°F — Aug 27, 1986 2.99 in — Aug 24, 1999
September 95.0°F — Sep 11, 1983 28.9°F — Sep 25, 1983 3.40 in — Sep 14, 1966
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 20, 1972 3.80 in — Oct 25, 2007
November 82.0°F — Nov 8, 2024 8.1°F — Nov 14, 1986 2.51 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 75.0°F — Dec 28, 2015 -11.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.35 in — Dec 1, 2010

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