All-time weather records — Pennington Gap, VA

Record high
105.1°F
July 29, 1952
Record low
-25.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.42 in
July 25, 1991

Climate change signal in Pennington Gap

9.6%

of Pennington Gap's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
75
28
1940s
45
43
1950s
39
52
1960s
20
79
1970s
33
56
1980s
60
68
1990s
27
19
2000s
29
14
2010s
3
1
2020s
35
6

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 1931, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1931-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 23, 1999 -25.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.07 in — Jan 30, 2010
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 1977 -20.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.20 in — Feb 11, 2018
March 90.0°F — Mar 19, 1982 -8.0°F — Mar 16, 1993 4.74 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 89.1°F — Apr 27, 1986 16.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 5.39 in — Apr 4, 1977
May 93.9°F — May 23, 1941 24.1°F — May 4, 1971 3.58 in — May 31, 2004
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.50 in — Jun 21, 1994
July 105.1°F — Jul 29, 1952 41.0°F — Jul 10, 1961 5.42 in — Jul 25, 1991
August 100.9°F — Aug 21, 1983 5.0°F — Aug 21, 1943 3.85 in — Aug 4, 1978
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 1953 28.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 3.50 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 1953 16.0°F — Oct 22, 1987 2.43 in — Oct 29, 2020
November 84.9°F — Nov 10, 2020 3.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.03 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -16.1°F — Dec 27, 1983 4.56 in — Dec 30, 1969

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