Blacksburg, VA

Virginia · Records since 1893–2026

☁️ 82°F
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As of 2:30 PM EDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

94°F

September 11, 1925

+17° from 77° normal

❄ Record Low

36°F

September 11, 1913

-19° from 55° normal
🌞 Normal high: 77°F 🌑 Normal low: 55°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Blacksburg

🔥
100°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 28, 1952
❄
-27°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 30, 1917
🌧
4.48"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 14, 1940
☃
20.4"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 28, 1998

First & Last Dates — Blacksburg

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)
206 days
Longest growing season
2004
111 days
Shortest growing season
1972
174 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 94°F September 11, 1925
2 93°F September 11, 1983
3 92°F September 11, 1900
4 90°F September 11, 2002
5 90°F September 11, 1931
6 90°F September 11, 1897
7 89°F September 11, 1965
8 89°F September 11, 1915
9 89°F September 11, 1896
10 88°F September 11, 2016

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 36°F September 11, 1913
2 37°F September 11, 1943
3 37°F September 11, 1924
4 37°F September 11, 1902
5 40°F September 11, 1979
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 1893–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Blacksburg

threshold: 89°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
93°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
11
2026 so far
9
Avg/year 1970–2025
6
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
43
Most in a year (1930)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Blacksburg

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 26, 1941 – Aug 12, 1941 18 96°F (Aug 4) 90°F 65°F
2 Jul 8, 1936 – Jul 18, 1936 11 98°F (Jul 10) 93°F 63°F
3 Jul 18, 1934 – Jul 27, 1934 10 99°F (Jul 26) 93°F 68°F
4 Jun 21, 1934 – Jun 30, 1934 10 95°F (Jun 25) 92°F 63°F
5 Sep 7, 1897 – Sep 16, 1897 10 93°F (Sep 16) 91°F 52°F
6 Aug 2, 1930 – Aug 10, 1930 9 98°F (Aug 4) 95°F 64°F
7 Aug 26, 1953 – Sep 3, 1953 9 96°F (Sep 2) 94°F 57°F
8 Jul 21, 1987 – Jul 29, 1987 9 94°F (Jul 26) 92°F 63°F
9 Jul 14, 1977 – Jul 22, 1977 9 93°F (Jul 19) 91°F 63°F
10 Jun 21, 1914 – Jun 28, 1914 8 99°F (Jun 25) 96°F 65°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

65
2026 total
above-normal nights
43.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
74
Most in a summer
1934

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 (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +0.08" per decade, about +1.1" 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 Blacksburg is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

148 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.25"
2026 YTD
Normal: 31.16"
-3.91"
0.15"
September so far
September normal: 3.45"
-3.30"
5
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Blacksburg is 3.91" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
54.3°F
Average temperature
10th-warmest of 130
+2.9°
vs. average
Normal: 51.4°F (1991–2020)
7.03"
Precipitation
10th-driest of 104
-5.21"
vs. average
Normal: 12.24" · 57% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1900–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.16" per decade (wetter since 1900)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 55.7°F
2 2024 55.6°F
3 1946 55.2°F
4 1953 55.2°F
5 1945 55.1°F
6 1921 54.8°F
7 1938 54.6°F
8 1941 54.5°F
9 1942 54.5°F
10 2026 54.3°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1971 46.5°F
2 1960 46.6°F
3 1920 47.6°F
4 1969 48.1°F
5 2013 48.1°F
6 1996 48.2°F
7 1997 48.5°F
8 1924 48.6°F
9 2005 48.7°F
10 1972 48.7°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1975 18.52"
2 2020 18.43"
3 2011 18.14"
4 2009 17.83"
5 1973 17.74"
6 1998 16.78"
7 1983 15.99"
8 2017 15.77"
9 1978 15.32"
10 1984 15.31"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1930 4.35"
2 1941 4.83"
3 1925 4.97"
4 1969 5.31"
5 1939 5.58"
6 1926 6.29"
7 1976 6.81"
8 2006 6.91"
9 1902 7.02"
10 2026 7.03"
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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