All-time weather records — Virginia City, MT

Record high
663.1°F
May 29, 1905
Record low
-40.0°F
January 19, 1963
Wettest day
1.88 in
July 9, 1968

Climate change signal in Virginia City

19.7%

of Virginia City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 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 #
1890s
6
14
1900s
4
9
1910s
44
21
1920s
11
20
1930s
32
47
1940s
18
28
1950s
24
34
1960s
25
42
1970s
21
46
1980s
24
44
1990s
25
21
2000s
48
19
2010s
37
11
2020s
47
10

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 64.9°F — Jan 26, 2015 -40.0°F — Jan 19, 1963 1.04 in — Jan 13, 1928
February 64.0°F — Feb 5, 1963 -38.9°F — Feb 8, 1936 0.90 in — Feb 14, 2023
March 73.0°F — Mar 20, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.40 in — Mar 6, 1950
April 81.0°F — Apr 26, 1910 -11.0°F — Apr 1, 1936 1.61 in — Apr 26, 1943
May 663.1°F — May 29, 1905 12.0°F — May 5, 1982 1.65 in — May 18, 1944
June 100.0°F — Jun 27, 1919 23.0°F — Jun 7, 1924 1.45 in — Jun 27, 1944
July 102.9°F — Jul 25, 1919 27.0°F — Jul 2, 1955 1.88 in — Jul 9, 1968
August 98.1°F — Aug 20, 1919 24.1°F — Aug 27, 1976 1.82 in — Aug 2, 1943
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 2022 8.1°F — Sep 24, 1926 1.34 in — Sep 30, 1977
October 84.9°F — Oct 3, 2010 -9.9°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.72 in — Oct 15, 1935
November 73.9°F — Nov 2, 2020 -25.1°F — Nov 16, 1955 1.16 in — Nov 15, 1952
December 63.0°F — Dec 8, 2020 -38.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 1.22 in — Dec 23, 1955

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