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Blacksburg, VA

37.204°N, 80.414°W · station RNKthr · 134 years of record
59°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Blacksburg.
67°WED9/268°THU9/370°FRI9/468°SAT9/562°SUN9/660°MON9/759°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Blacksburg — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#85 / 132
coldest Sep 8 in 132 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

36°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 8 ever

65°F
set in 1939
Forecast low 59°F — 85th coldest Sep 8 of 132 years · record 36°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1893: 64°F1894: 61°F1895: 55°F1896: 40°F1897: 47°F1898: 40°F1899: 63°F1900: 55°F1901: 54°F1902: 46°F1903: 61°F1904: 45°F1905: 58°F1906: 50°F1907: 55°F1908: 55°F1909: 52°F1910: 57°F1911: 56°F1912: 60°F1913: 58°F1914: 57°F1915: 55°F1916: 59°F1917: 53°F1918: 50°F1919: 53°F1920: 55°F1921: 61°F1922: 52°F1923: 59°F1924: 36°F1925: 63°F1926: 64°F1927: 60°F1928: 54°F1929: 62°F1930: 61°F1931: 51°F1932: 50°F1933: 59°F1934: 61°F1935: 61°F1936: 49°F1937: 62°F1938: 62°F1939: 65°F1940: 49°F1941: 61°F1942: 60°F1943: 58°F1944: 60°F1945: 63°F1946: 56°F1947: 61°F1948: 65°F1949: 60°F1950: 57°F1951: 41°F1952: 52°F1953: 46°F1954: 57°F1955: 54°F1956: 60°F1957: 59°F1958: 55°F1959: 63°F1960: 63°F1961: 63°F1962: 45°F1963: 56°F1964: 48°F1965: 47°F1966: 36°F1967: 45°F1968: 39°F1969: 63°F1970: 57°F1971: 56°F1972: 45°F1973: 51°F1974: 55°F1975: 58°F1976: 44°F1977: 63°F1978: 58°F1979: 52°F1980: 60°F1981: 61°F1982: 48°F1983: 53°F1984: 40°F1985: 64°F1986: 53°F1987: 63°F1988: 37°F1989: 54°F1990: 64°F1991: 61°F1992: 63°F1993: 57°F1994: 47°F1995: 51°F1996: 63°F1997: 53°F1998: 59°F1999: 56°F2000: 49°F2001: 54°F2002: 52°F2003: 51°F2004: 64°F2005: 44°F2006: 53°F2007: 58°F2008: 54°F2009: 56°F2010: 53°F2011: 53°F2012: 61°F2013: 51°F2014: 57°F2015: 59°F2016: 54°F2018: 64°F2019: 53°F2020: 49°F2021: 50°F2022: 63°F2023: 63°F2024: 47°F2025: 40°F59° forecast354045505560651900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 859°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record36°F
This-date rank#85 of 132
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-27°F (1917)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Blacksburg in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 14, 1932-18°FJan 21, 1985
Feb80°FFeb 23, 2018-12°FFeb 9, 1895
Mar86°FMar 29, 2020-2°FMar 17, 1900
Apr95°FApr 28, 195710°FApr 1, 1923
May93°FMay 10, 190223°FMay 5, 1973
Jun99°FJun 25, 191430°FJun 11, 1972
Jul100°FJul 22, 192634°FJul 29, 1905
Aug99°FAug 23, 198335°FAug 26, 1917
Sep97°FSep 7, 192522°FSep 24, 1983
Oct94°FOct 4, 201913°FOct 27, 1962
Nov82°FNov 2, 2004-1°FNov 16, 1908
Dec75°FDec 16, 1984-27°FDec 30, 1917
All-time100°FJul 22, 1926-27°FDec 30, 1917

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Blacksburg so far this year — through Aug 31.

Record Highs in 2026

7 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 5, 1949

Coldest high ever

0°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 8, 1895
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan54°FJan 8, 19982°FJan 28, 1986
Feb55°FFeb 16, 20180°FFeb 8, 1895
Mar60°FMar 25, 191316°FMar 2, 1980
Apr64°FApr 11, 192230°FApr 7, 1982
May74°FMay 29, 194144°FMay 8, 1989
Jun72°FJun 27, 194151°FJun 1, 1967
Jul78°FJul 5, 194958°FJul 13, 1999
Aug72°FAug 6, 194158°FAug 31, 1893
Sep70°FSep 6, 189947°FSep 29, 1984
Oct67°FOct 4, 194135°FOct 27, 1962
Nov62°FNov 6, 202219°FNov 30, 1929
Dec57°FDec 1, 20069°FDec 26, 1983
All-time78°FJul 5, 19490°FFeb 8, 1895

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

61 days
record run, ended Mar 3 1973

So far in 2026

75 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Blacksburg's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 56°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Jan: 42°FJan: 22°FFeb: 46°FFeb: 25°FMar: 54°FMar: 30°FApr: 64°FApr: 39°FMay: 72°FMay: 49°FJun: 79°FJun: 57°FJul: 83°FJul: 61°FAug: 82°FAug: 60°FSep: 76°FSep: 53°FOct: 66°FOct: 41°FNov: 55°FNov: 31°FDec: 45°FDec: 26°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:52 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Solar noon12:21 PM
Daylight12h 59m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.20°N, 80.41°W

Nearby Stations

Roanoke, VA25 mi EBluefield, WV43 mi WBeckley, WV55 mi NWLynchburg, VA66 mi EDanville, VA73 mi SEGreensboro, NC80 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

Blacksburg's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Blacksburg, VA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Blacksburg's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Blacksburg, VA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's low at Blacksburg, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Blacksburg, VA daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Blacksburg — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
75 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 70th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 74. Record: 100 in 1971.

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