All-time weather records — Rural Retreat, VA

Record high
98.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
4.85 in
July 18, 1964

Climate change signal in Rural Retreat

9.3%

of Rural Retreat's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
25
17
1900s
49
8
1930s
36
13
1940s
29
16
1950s
25
16
1960s
23
104
1970s
39
52
1980s
38
57
1990s
24
44
2000s
21
25
2010s
43
11
2020s
14
3

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 25, 1950 -20.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.23 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 78.1°F — Feb 23, 2018 -9.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.55 in — Feb 6, 1897
March 82.9°F — Mar 25, 1954 0.0°F — Mar 1, 1968 3.74 in — Mar 18, 2002
April 88.0°F — Apr 18, 1976 12.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 2.70 in — Apr 19, 1901
May 91.0°F — May 15, 1900 23.0°F — May 7, 1968 3.47 in — May 19, 1942
June 98.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 30.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.49 in — Jun 21, 1972
July 98.1°F — Jul 16, 1988 39.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.85 in — Jul 18, 1964
August 98.1°F — Aug 14, 2010 28.9°F — Aug 23, 2002 4.30 in — Aug 28, 1893
September 97.0°F — Sep 10, 1900 25.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 4.06 in — Sep 3, 1898
October 90.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 12.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 3.50 in — Oct 26, 2007
November 80.1°F — Nov 3, 1898 1.9°F — Nov 26, 1950 3.67 in — Nov 12, 1935
December 75.9°F — Dec 6, 2001 -13.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 2.35 in — Dec 1, 2010

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