All-time weather records — Rocky Mount, VA

Record high
725.0°F
May 24, 1901
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.45 in
September 8, 1987

Climate change signal in Rocky Mount

6.3%

of Rocky Mount's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1890s
28
9
1900s
24
37
1910s
34
52
1920s
10
30
1930s
75
26
1940s
51
35
1950s
29
24
1960s
8
47
1970s
18
33
1980s
24
30
1990s
17
12
2000s
16
15
2010s
22
11
2020s
10
5

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 2, 1952 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.37 in — Jan 4, 1992
February 81.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 -5.1°F — Feb 2, 1904 5.75 in — Feb 21, 1947
March 91.9°F — Mar 29, 1907 0.0°F — Mar 8, 1960 4.00 in — Mar 7, 1930
April 96.1°F — Apr 11, 1930 12.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.17 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 725.0°F — May 24, 1901 5.0°F — May 29, 1904 3.25 in — May 21, 2020
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 1936 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1905 3.95 in — Jun 9, 2019
July 102.9°F — Jul 9, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 11, 1941 4.56 in — Jul 14, 1990
August 100.9°F — Aug 4, 1930 36.0°F — Aug 22, 1909 5.60 in — Aug 31, 1964
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 7.45 in — Sep 8, 1987
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 1941 3.9°F — Oct 11, 1995 5.95 in — Oct 17, 1932
November 99.0°F — Nov 3, 1946 7.0°F — Nov 25, 1956 5.10 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 82.0°F — Dec 5, 1994 -4.0°F — Dec 22, 1924 6.09 in — Dec 29, 1958

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