All-time weather records — Roanoke, AL

Record high
107.1°F
July 25, 1952
Record low
-0.9°F
December 13, 1962
Wettest day
50.00 in
November 8, 1982

Climate change signal in Roanoke

10.1%

of Roanoke's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
·
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1940s
71
16
1950s
84
54
1960s
44
89
1970s
36
55
1980s
17
38
1990s
19
20
2000s
55
60
2010s
15
21
2020s
25
13

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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 12, 1949 0.0°F — Jan 24, 1963 4.23 in — Jan 11, 1972
February 82.9°F — Feb 16, 2006 6.1°F — Feb 1, 1966 7.04 in — Feb 25, 1961
March 88.0°F — Mar 25, 2007 10.9°F — Mar 4, 1943 5.32 in — Mar 16, 1990
April 91.9°F — Apr 23, 1989 24.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.55 in — Apr 25, 1945
May 98.1°F — May 16, 1962 30.9°F — May 3, 2004 6.30 in — May 7, 2003
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 30.0°F — Jun 22, 1954 5.79 in — Jun 17, 1999
July 107.1°F — Jul 25, 1952 51.1°F — Jul 7, 1991 4.91 in — Jul 7, 2005
August 104.0°F — Aug 4, 1947 46.9°F — Aug 13, 2012 4.16 in — Aug 11, 2017
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1951 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.00 in — Sep 13, 2006
October 99.0°F — Oct 5, 1954 21.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 4.75 in — Oct 1, 1965
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 6.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 50.00 in — Nov 8, 1982
December 80.1°F — Dec 1, 1970 -0.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.24 in — Dec 21, 1972

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