All-time weather records — Ridgeway, VA

Record high
105.1°F
August 2, 1942
Record low
-7.1°F
January 11, 1988
Wettest day
6.40 in
October 15, 1954

Climate change signal in Ridgeway

9.8%

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

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
14
2
1940s
76
30
1950s
72
75
1960s
32
88
1970s
32
52
1980s
32
47
1990s
30
32
2000s
24
18
2010s
39
21
2020s
15
1

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 1938, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -7.1°F — Jan 11, 1988 3.01 in — Jan 3, 1936
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 2017 -7.1°F — Feb 21, 2015 3.31 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 17, 1945 -2.9°F — Mar 15, 1993 3.58 in — Mar 17, 1990
April 91.9°F — Apr 12, 1948 18.0°F — Apr 6, 1966 3.33 in — Apr 27, 1978
May 100.9°F — May 22, 1941 17.1°F — May 6, 1989 3.85 in — May 19, 2018
June 102.0°F — Jun 19, 1944 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.44 in — Jun 21, 1972
July 104.0°F — Jul 28, 1952 43.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 3.68 in — Jul 13, 1988
August 105.1°F — Aug 2, 1942 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1968 5.60 in — Aug 31, 1964
September 100.9°F — Sep 6, 1954 30.0°F — Sep 28, 1947 5.00 in — Sep 22, 1979
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 14.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 6.40 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1971 5.0°F — Nov 27, 1950 2.95 in — Nov 27, 2013
December 82.0°F — Dec 7, 1994 -2.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 2.57 in — Dec 28, 1958

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