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Roanoke, VA

37.317°N, 79.974°W · station ROAthr · 115 years of record
63°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Roanoke.
72°WED9/272°THU9/374°FRI9/471°SAT9/566°SUN9/663°MON9/763°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#62 / 114
coldest Sep 7 in 114 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

37°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 7 ever

74°F
set in 1998
Forecast low 63°F — 62nd coldest Sep 7 of 114 years · record 37°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1912: 66°F1913: 64°F1914: 68°F1915: 62°F1916: 63°F1917: 66°F1918: 59°F1919: 59°F1920: 60°F1921: 67°F1922: 60°F1923: 68°F1924: 37°F1925: 67°F1926: 65°F1927: 56°F1928: 55°F1929: 66°F1930: 62°F1931: 62°F1932: 63°F1933: 64°F1934: 65°F1935: 63°F1936: 52°F1937: 62°F1938: 65°F1939: 57°F1940: 62°F1941: 59°F1942: 62°F1943: 65°F1944: 60°F1945: 70°F1946: 59°F1947: 68°F1948: 66°F1949: 61°F1950: 56°F1951: 59°F1952: 52°F1953: 57°F1954: 62°F1955: 63°F1956: 67°F1957: 63°F1958: 60°F1959: 69°F1960: 68°F1961: 70°F1962: 55°F1963: 54°F1964: 54°F1965: 50°F1966: 53°F1967: 57°F1968: 55°F1969: 64°F1970: 58°F1971: 67°F1972: 54°F1973: 65°F1974: 60°F1975: 62°F1976: 54°F1977: 70°F1978: 65°F1979: 59°F1980: 65°F1981: 62°F1982: 53°F1983: 70°F1984: 46°F1985: 69°F1986: 52°F1987: 68°F1988: 50°F1989: 66°F1990: 70°F1991: 64°F1992: 67°F1993: 64°F1994: 56°F1995: 58°F1996: 69°F1997: 60°F1998: 74°F1999: 65°F2000: 52°F2001: 63°F2002: 62°F2003: 53°F2004: 66°F2005: 53°F2006: 57°F2007: 68°F2008: 68°F2009: 68°F2010: 59°F2011: 60°F2012: 70°F2013: 54°F2014: 65°F2015: 62°F2016: 63°F2017: 49°F2018: 69°F2019: 62°F2020: 55°F2021: 57°F2022: 68°F2023: 67°F2024: 51°F2025: 53°F63° forecast35404550556065707519201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 763°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#62 of 114
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-12°F (1917)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1912–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Roanoke in each calendar month, and for the whole 1912–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan81°FJan 14, 1932-11°FJan 21, 1985
Feb84°FFeb 22, 2018-1°FFeb 5, 1917
Mar90°FMar 19, 19459°FMar 15, 1993
Apr95°FApr 24, 192515°FApr 1, 1923
May99°FMay 22, 194130°FMay 2, 1943
Jun104°FJun 30, 193636°FJun 11, 1913
Jul105°FJul 10, 193647°FJul 2, 1988
Aug105°FAug 5, 193042°FAug 29, 1986
Sep103°FSep 1, 193232°FSep 29, 1942
Oct99°FOct 6, 194122°FOct 22, 1930
Nov83°FNov 1, 19508°FNov 30, 1929
Dec80°FDec 6, 1998-12°FDec 30, 1917
All-time105°FAug 5, 1930-12°FDec 30, 1917

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Roanoke so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

6 broke
plus 4 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 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

81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 29, 1930

Coldest high ever

11°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 17, 1958
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 13, 200511°FJan 30, 1966
Feb61°FFeb 23, 202311°FFeb 17, 1958
Mar65°FMar 25, 191322°FMar 9, 1960
Apr69°FApr 23, 198035°FApr 4, 1992
May73°FMay 24, 201946°FMay 4, 1946
Jun79°FJun 2, 191855°FJun 1, 1967
Jul81°FJul 29, 193064°FJul 3, 1940
Aug80°FAug 4, 193263°FAug 30, 1946
Sep80°FSep 4, 193050°FSep 28, 1984
Oct71°FOct 9, 200738°FOct 31, 1925
Nov66°FNov 2, 197120°FNov 25, 1950
Dec60°FDec 14, 192711°FDec 25, 1983
All-time81°FJul 29, 193011°FFeb 17, 1958

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

43 days
record run, ended Feb 6 1918

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Roanoke's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 46°FJan: 28°FFeb: 50°FFeb: 31°FMar: 58°FMar: 38°FApr: 69°FApr: 46°FMay: 76°FMay: 55°FJun: 84°FJun: 63°FJul: 87°FJul: 67°FAug: 86°FAug: 66°FSep: 79°FSep: 59°FOct: 69°FOct: 48°FNov: 58°FNov: 38°FDec: 49°FDec: 32°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Solar noon12:20 PM
Daylight12h 59m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.32°N, 79.97°W

Nearby Stations

Blacksburg, VA25 mi WLynchburg, VA42 mi EDanville, VA62 mi SEBluefield, WV67 mi WBeckley, WV70 mi WGreensboro, NC84 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

Roanoke'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.
Roanoke, VA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Roanoke's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Roanoke, VA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1912

Each cell is one day's low at Roanoke, coloured by temperature — 115 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Roanoke, VA daily low heat map 1912–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Roanoke — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
50 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 74th most in 115 years. Normal for this point: 53. Record: 73 in 1982.

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