All-time weather records — Roanoke, VA

Record high
105.1°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.61 in
November 4, 1985

Climate change signal in Roanoke

15.3%

of Roanoke's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1940s
7
7
1950s
90
46
1960s
24
84
1970s
49
90
1980s
36
70
1990s
35
35
2000s
42
13
2010s
56
17
2020s
27
4

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.66 in — Jan 13, 1968
February 84.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -0.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.67 in — Feb 15, 2025
March 87.1°F — Mar 11, 2026 9.0°F — Mar 10, 1996 2.96 in — Mar 20, 1998
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 1957 19.9°F — Apr 7, 1982 5.01 in — Apr 26, 1978
May 96.1°F — May 19, 1962 30.9°F — May 11, 1966 3.89 in — May 29, 1976
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 4.08 in — Jun 26, 2006
July 104.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.9°F — Jul 2, 1988 3.88 in — Jul 10, 2013
August 105.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.27 in — Aug 21, 2025
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 1953 34.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 6.56 in — Sep 7, 1987
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 20, 1972 4.95 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 9.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 6.61 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 1998 -4.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.40 in — Dec 3, 1948

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