All-time weather records — Tazewell, VA

Record high
97.0°F
July 28, 1930
Record low
-27.0°F
December 30, 1917
Wettest day
4.80 in
September 26, 2024

Climate change signal in Tazewell

7.7%

of Tazewell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 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
16
6
1900s
17
39
1910s
19
60
1920s
41
43
1930s
91
29
1940s
42
30
1950s
17
18
1960s
10
36
1970s
19
26
1980s
22
33
1990s
21
16
2000s
18
15
2010s
20
9
2020s
13
6

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 19, 1929 -26.0°F — Jan 27, 1987 4.56 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 88.0°F — Feb 15, 1946 -24.0°F — Feb 4, 1970 2.70 in — Feb 25, 1934
March 81.0°F — Mar 25, 1929 -15.0°F — Mar 21, 1914 2.80 in — Mar 29, 1924
April 86.0°F — Apr 13, 1930 3.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.14 in — Apr 20, 2015
May 91.9°F — May 24, 1901 19.0°F — May 5, 1986 3.58 in — May 24, 2022
June 93.9°F — Jun 22, 1931 26.1°F — Jun 1, 1930 2.86 in — Jun 13, 1907
July 97.0°F — Jul 28, 1930 30.9°F — Jul 16, 1926 3.86 in — Jul 12, 1905
August 96.1°F — Aug 7, 1918 30.0°F — Aug 15, 1924 3.94 in — Aug 18, 1972
September 91.9°F — Sep 3, 1925 21.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 4.80 in — Sep 26, 2024
October 88.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 9.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.40 in — Oct 23, 1900
November 77.0°F — Nov 5, 2003 -2.9°F — Nov 15, 1904 3.90 in — Nov 19, 2003
December 73.9°F — Dec 31, 1898 -27.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.25 in — Dec 4, 1962

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