Roanoke, VA

Virginia · Records since 1912–2026

🌙 60°F Feels like 53°
Currently in Roanoke
As of 10:15 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

97°F

September 26, 1933

+20° from 77° normal

❄ Record Low

35°F

September 26, 1928

-21° from 56° normal
🌞 Normal high: 77°F 🌑 Normal low: 56°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Roanoke

🔥
105°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 21, 1983
❄
-12°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 30, 1917
🌧
6.61"
Wettest Day Ever
Nov 4, 1985
☃
20.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 10, 1921

First & Last Dates — Roanoke

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
254 days
Longest growing season
2020
149 days
Shortest growing season
1923
207 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 97°F September 26, 1933
2 95°F September 26, 1930
3 93°F September 26, 2019
4 92°F September 26, 1939
5 91°F September 26, 2007
6 91°F September 26, 1998
7 91°F September 26, 1970
8 90°F September 26, 2017
9 90°F September 26, 1986
10 90°F September 26, 1958

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 35°F September 26, 1928
2 38°F September 26, 1950
3 38°F September 26, 1943
4 38°F September 26, 1940
5 38°F September 26, 1936
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1912–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Roanoke

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
40
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1912–2026
45
2026 so far
34
Avg/year 1970–2025
41
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
74
Most in a year (1930)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Roanoke

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 19, 1930 – Jul 30, 1930 12 104°F (Jul 20) 100°F 69°F
2 Jun 28, 2012 – Jul 8, 2012 11 104°F (Jun 29) 99°F 71°F
3 Jul 13, 1977 – Jul 21, 1977 9 102°F (Jul 18) 99°F 70°F
4 Aug 26, 1953 – Sep 3, 1953 9 101°F (Sep 1) 99°F 65°F
5 Jul 20, 1987 – Jul 28, 1987 9 99°F (Jul 21) 97°F 69°F
6 Jul 17, 1952 – Jul 24, 1952 8 103°F (Jul 22) 97°F 70°F
7 Aug 4, 1930 – Aug 10, 1930 7 105°F (Aug 5) 98°F 67°F
8 Aug 27, 1932 – Sep 2, 1932 7 104°F (Aug 31) 100°F 67°F
9 Jul 7, 1930 – Jul 13, 1930 7 102°F (Jul 12) 100°F 65°F
10 Jul 27, 1953 – Aug 2, 1953 7 101°F (Jul 31) 98°F 69°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

54
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
66
Most in a summer
2005

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1912–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1912, annual totals have trended +0.38" per decade, about +4.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Roanoke is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

145 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

22.12"
2026 YTD
Normal: 32.89"
-10.77"
1.40"
September so far
September normal: 4.06"
-2.66"
4
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Roanoke is 10.77" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 18 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
70.6°F
Average temperature
25th-warmest of 113
+3.5°
vs. average
Normal: 67.2°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1912–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.14° per decade (warming since 1912)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1912–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1912)

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1931 76.1°F
2 1970 75.6°F
3 1926 75.0°F
4 2010 74.8°F
5 1930 74.4°F
6 2017 73.8°F
7 2016 73.7°F
8 1980 73.4°F
9 2005 73.3°F
10 1978 73.1°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1962 57.4°F
2 1918 58.6°F
3 1929 59.2°F
4 1943 59.2°F
5 2020 59.9°F
6 1983 60.1°F
7 1974 60.3°F
8 1981 60.3°F
9 1982 60.3°F
10 1916 60.5°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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