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Roanoke, VA 37.317°N, 79.974°W · station ROAthr · 115 years of record
97°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Roanoke.
78° MON 7/13 87° TUE 7/14 96° WED 7/15 97° THU 7/16 97° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 93° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #6 / 112
warmest Jul 16 in 112 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 103°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 16 ever 74°F
set in 1948
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Roanoke. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
74 88 103 1912: 88°F 1913: 87°F 1914: 84°F 1915: 95°F 1917: 91°F 1918: 86°F 1919: 89°F 1921: 83°F 1922: 83°F 1923: 88°F 1924: 85°F 1925: 94°F 1926: 82°F 1927: 87°F 1928: 87°F 1929: 80°F 1930: 80°F 1931: 100°F 1932: 98°F 1933: 90°F 1934: 98°F 1935: 90°F 1936: 103°F 1937: 97°F 1938: 90°F 1939: 85°F 1940: 84°F 1941: 80°F 1942: 92°F 1943: 89°F 1944: 88°F 1945: 77°F 1946: 79°F 1947: 82°F 1948: 74°F 1949: 83°F 1950: 85°F 1951: 91°F 1952: 90°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 86°F 1955: 91°F 1956: 91°F 1957: 89°F 1958: 90°F 1959: 90°F 1960: 88°F 1961: 86°F 1962: 90°F 1963: 94°F 1964: 91°F 1965: 85°F 1966: 86°F 1967: 80°F 1968: 92°F 1969: 90°F 1970: 89°F 1971: 87°F 1972: 88°F 1973: 74°F 1974: 86°F 1975: 83°F 1976: 95°F 1977: 97°F 1978: 79°F 1979: 89°F 1980: 94°F 1981: 76°F 1982: 87°F 1983: 96°F 1984: 91°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 91°F 1987: 84°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 76°F 1990: 85°F 1991: 89°F 1992: 90°F 1993: 89°F 1994: 89°F 1995: 92°F 1996: 77°F 1997: 88°F 1998: 93°F 1999: 90°F 2000: 84°F 2001: 91°F 2002: 92°F 2003: 88°F 2004: 81°F 2005: 84°F 2006: 90°F 2007: 88°F 2008: 84°F 2009: 91°F 2010: 92°F 2011: 76°F 2012: 90°F 2013: 94°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 83°F 2016: 88°F 2017: 90°F 2018: 90°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 93°F 2021: 94°F 2022: 87°F 2023: 89°F 2024: 103°F 2025: 90°F 97° forecast 1912 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 97°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 103°F This-date rank #6 of 112
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 105°F (1930) Odds to tie/break 2.0% (daily) Period of record 1912–2026
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.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 81°F 1932 -11°F 1985 Feb 84°F 2018 -1°F 1917 Mar 90°F 1945 9°F 1993 Apr 95°F 1925 15°F 1923 May 99°F 1941 30°F 1943 Jun 104°F 1936 36°F 1913 Jul 105°F 1936 47°F 1988 Aug 105°F 1930 42°F 1986 Sep 103°F 1932 32°F 1942 Oct 99°F 1941 22°F 1930 Nov 83°F 1950 8°F 1929 Dec 80°F 1998 -12°F 1917 All-time 105°F 1930 -12°F 1917
Records set or tied at Roanoke so far this year — through Jul 11.
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
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 29 days
record run, ended Jul 29 2020
So far in 2026 20 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Roanoke's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 88°F · forecast is +9° vs normal .
Jan: 46°F Jan: 28°F Feb: 50°F Feb: 31°F Mar: 58°F Mar: 38°F Apr: 69°F Apr: 46°F May: 76°F May: 55°F Jun: 84°F Jun: 63°F Jul: 87°F Jul: 67°F Aug: 86°F Aug: 66°F Sep: 79°F Sep: 59°F Oct: 69°F Oct: 48°F Nov: 58°F Nov: 38°F Dec: 49°F Dec: 32°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:10 AM Sunset 7:41 PM Solar noon 12:25 PM Daylight 14h 32m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 37.32°N, 79.97°W Roanoke's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Roanoke's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Roanoke, coloured by temperature — 115 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Roanoke — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
20 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 25th most in 115 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 36 in 1925.
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