Roanoke Weather in 1948

Historical record of Roanoke, Virginia weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Roanoke Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 28
Lowest temperature	8 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	December 3
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	January 31
Total annual precipitation	58.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	37.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Roanoke in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1948 was 98 °F which happened on August 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 28
2	95 °F	Aug 29
2	95 °F	Aug 27
4	94 °F	Jul 22
4	94 °F	Jul 5
4	94 °F	Jul 4
7	93 °F	Aug 26
8	92 °F	Jul 30
8	92 °F	Jun 27
8	92 °F	Jun 26
8	92 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Roanoke in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1948 was 8 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	January 15
2	9 °F	December 27
2	9 °F	January 19
4	10 °F	December 26
4	10 °F	January 24
6	12 °F	January 28
6	12 °F	January 26
6	12 °F	January 14
9	13 °F	January 25
10	14 °F	February 10
10	14 °F	February 1
10	14 °F	January 31

January 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	55	43	0.29	0.0
January 2	54	31	0.02	0.0
January 3	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	28	0.11	0.0
January 5	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	57	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	62	37	0.00	0.0
January 10	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 12	44	29	0.53	0.0
January 13	41	30	0.37	0.0
January 14	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 15	29	8	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	9	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	17	0.33	2.5
January 21	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	31	0.02	0.6
January 23	32	21	0.02	0.4
January 24	21	10	0.72	6.0
January 25	32	13	0.00	0.0
January 26	36	12	0.00	0.1
January 27	35	25	0.20	3.5
January 28	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	14	1.03	8.0

February 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	14	0.32	2.7
February 2	40	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	32	0.07	0.0
February 5	42	29	0.26	2.8
February 6	45	27	0.13	0.9
February 7	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	29	17	0.00	0.0
February 10	30	14	0.04	0.6
February 11	32	21	0.04	0.0
February 12	46	31	0.09	0.0
February 13	43	36	1.36	0.0
February 14	53	34	0.05	0.0
February 15	54	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	63	38	0.00	0.0
February 18	69	38	0.00	0.0
February 19	71	41	0.00	0.0
February 20	60	31	0.02	0.0
February 21	43	25	0.01	0.8
February 22	31	25	0.02	2.0
February 23	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	25	0.05	0.0
February 25	63	31	0.03	0.0
February 26	68	48	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	37	0.00	0.0
February 28	77	51	0.00	0.0
February 29	62	36	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 2	41	32	0.29	0.0
March 3	60	41	0.08	0.0
March 4	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 5	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	24	0.37	1.4
March 7	57	28	0.44	0.3
March 8	54	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 11	66	38	0.00	0.0
March 12	46	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	50	19	0.00	0.0
March 14	63	22	0.00	0.0
March 15	66	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	64	52	0.53	0.0
March 17	61	39	0.00	0.0
March 18	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 19	66	46	0.05	0.0
March 20	69	56	0.07	0.0
March 21	83	54	0.00	0.0
March 22	78	62	0.12	0.0
March 23	71	49	0.91	0.0
March 24	67	47	0.18	0.0
March 25	66	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	41	0.13	0.0
March 27	73	46	0.68	0.0
March 28	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	58	26	0.00	0.0
March 30	69	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	61	46	0.93	0.0

April 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	54	0.12
April 2	59	48	0.00
April 3	61	40	0.00
April 4	65	31	0.00
April 5	70	43	0.00
April 6	72	52	1.06
April 7	69	54	0.35
April 8	75	56	0.48
April 9	63	46	0.00
April 10	63	35	0.00
April 11	67	46	0.17
April 12	79	59	0.19
April 13	71	50	0.29
April 14	56	45	0.19
April 15	67	47	0.00
April 16	77	46	0.00
April 17	65	43	0.00
April 18	63	35	0.00
April 19	73	36	0.00
April 20	82	45	0.00
April 21	77	51	0.00
April 22	63	47	0.00
April 23	68	45	0.00
April 24	86	49	0.00
April 25	86	64	0.00
April 26	83	60	0.35
April 27	82	56	0.21
April 28	63	43	0.07
April 29	53	42	0.03
April 30	67	44	0.00

May 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	45	0.30
May 2	71	54	0.33
May 3	70	51	0.00
May 4	58	45	0.89
May 5	67	47	0.00
May 6	67	41	0.14
May 7	64	48	0.56
May 8	68	47	0.00
May 9	82	43	0.00
May 10	87	54	0.00
May 11	86	51	0.00
May 12	78	57	1.27
May 13	81	63	0.36
May 14	70	57	0.00
May 15	74	51	0.00
May 16	74	51	0.02
May 17	76	60	0.00
May 18	73	56	0.00
May 19	72	51	0.00
May 20	75	49	0.00
May 21	83	64	0.09
May 22	72	53	0.00
May 23	81	44	0.00
May 24	80	55	0.03
May 25	75	60	0.00
May 26	70	61	0.45
May 27	73	60	0.00
May 28	78	62	0.00
May 29	77	64	0.09
May 30	70	61	0.98
May 31	77	61	0.19

June 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	55	0.05
June 2	77	55	0.00
June 3	69	52	0.09
June 4	76	56	0.07
June 5	82	56	0.00
June 6	81	56	0.65
June 7	77	61	0.00
June 8	81	58	0.00
June 9	72	57	0.00
June 10	80	52	0.00
June 11	83	53	0.00
June 12	87	57	0.00
June 13	82	68	0.04
June 14	81	61	0.00
June 15	86	64	2.16
June 16	74	64	0.70
June 17	78	60	0.00
June 18	78	57	0.62
June 19	85	63	0.00
June 20	84	69	0.00
June 21	82	65	0.00
June 22	83	62	1.05
June 23	91	68	0.01
June 24	92	66	0.00
June 25	86	68	0.00
June 26	92	64	0.00
June 27	92	68	0.02
June 28	91	65	0.00
June 29	91	65	0.10
June 30	84	67	0.08

July 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	62	0.00
July 2	82	54	0.00
July 3	90	58	0.00
July 4	94	65	0.00
July 5	94	65	0.95
July 6	89	65	0.02
July 7	82	66	0.02
July 8	76	62	0.00
July 9	78	57	0.00
July 10	83	57	0.00
July 11	81	66	0.00
July 12	83	66	0.49
July 13	89	67	0.06
July 14	82	69	0.24
July 15	74	68	0.26
July 16	75	65	0.00
July 17	90	67	0.41
July 18	88	70	0.00
July 19	89	68	0.00
July 20	89	66	0.15
July 21	90	69	0.05
July 22	94	74	0.00
July 23	87	69	0.00
July 24	82	62	0.00
July 25	83	57	0.00
July 26	89	62	0.00
July 27	90	68	0.15
July 28	85	68	0.57
July 29	88	68	0.00
July 30	92	66	0.00
July 31	91	70	0.47

August 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	66	0.75
August 2	81	66	0.01
August 3	84	69	1.36
August 4	78	64	3.29
August 5	73	58	0.00
August 6	75	53	0.00
August 7	78	52	0.00
August 8	80	55	0.00
August 9	83	56	0.00
August 10	83	59	0.00
August 11	82	62	1.18
August 12	86	66	0.03
August 13	86	65	0.00
August 14	84	65	0.00
August 15	82	59	0.00
August 16	79	57	0.00
August 17	77	62	0.01
August 18	86	57	0.00
August 19	85	62	0.00
August 20	80	59	1.22
August 21	80	59	0.00
August 22	84	62	0.00
August 23	84	63	0.00
August 24	88	66	0.00
August 25	90	63	0.00
August 26	93	65	0.00
August 27	95	68	0.00
August 28	98	71	0.00
August 29	95	68	0.18
August 30	90	63	0.09
August 31	73	62	0.47

September 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	52	0.00
September 2	79	47	0.00
September 3	85	54	0.00
September 4	82	60	0.00
September 5	78	64	0.16
September 6	76	66	1.37
September 7	76	66	0.39
September 8	82	64	0.36
September 9	89	61	0.14
September 10	69	57	0.07
September 11	79	51	0.00
September 12	84	53	0.00
September 13	87	57	0.00
September 14	82	61	0.03
September 15	78	58	0.00
September 16	79	53	0.00
September 17	79	54	0.00
September 18	84	57	0.00
September 19	83	63	0.00
September 20	83	65	0.02
September 21	88	65	0.03
September 22	69	55	0.02
September 23	65	50	0.00
September 24	64	45	0.00
September 25	59	48	0.00
September 26	69	47	0.00
September 27	71	45	0.00
September 28	64	55	0.74
September 29	61	55	1.27
September 30	79	59	0.00

October 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	55	0.00
October 2	76	52	0.00
October 3	70	53	0.00
October 4	59	44	0.10
October 5	53	43	1.68
October 6	60	41	0.00
October 7	67	47	0.01
October 8	70	53	0.23
October 9	67	49	0.00
October 10	77	48	0.00
October 11	71	54	0.03
October 12	66	49	0.00
October 13	69	47	0.00
October 14	62	41	0.00
October 15	66	34	0.00
October 16	72	38	0.00
October 17	78	43	0.26
October 18	46	30	0.17
October 19	60	26	0.00
October 20	57	34	0.00
October 21	56	28	0.00
October 22	54	38	0.00
October 23	62	33	0.00
October 24	62	42	0.00
October 25	67	44	0.00
October 26	71	34	0.00
October 27	74	39	0.00
October 28	70	41	0.00
October 29	75	39	0.00
October 30	72	40	0.00
October 31	70	39	0.07

November 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	53	0.01
November 2	62	50	0.00
November 3	54	48	0.72
November 4	68	51	0.00
November 5	71	48	0.01
November 6	71	55	0.87
November 7	63	41	0.00
November 8	61	34	0.00
November 9	52	39	0.08
November 10	62	39	0.00
November 11	59	31	0.00
November 12	55	30	0.04
November 13	61	40	0.03
November 14	54	33	0.00
November 15	64	36	0.00
November 16	60	33	0.00
November 17	64	38	0.02
November 18	54	32	0.00
November 19	64	45	0.97
November 20	65	45	0.00
November 21	64	37	0.00
November 22	53	46	0.36
November 23	52	43	0.26
November 24	47	41	0.36
November 25	56	35	0.00
November 26	54	28	0.33
November 27	60	41	0.20
November 28	45	36	1.84
November 29	45	36	0.26
November 30	52	31	0.00

December 1948 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	58	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	54	26	0.03	0.0
December 3	53	41	3.40	0.0
December 4	62	40	0.02	0.0
December 5	55	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	59	40	0.04	0.0
December 7	51	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 10	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	15	0.00	0.0
December 12	53	32	0.03	0.0
December 13	69	51	0.00	0.0
December 14	71	52	0.00	0.0
December 15	54	41	1.47	0.0
December 16	54	42	0.10	0.0
December 17	55	36	0.00	0.0
December 18	46	30	0.03	0.0
December 19	43	32	0.32	0.0
December 20	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	58	30	0.00	0.0
December 22	57	40	0.00	0.0
December 23	47	35	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	27	0.18	3.0
December 25	34	16	0.18	1.5
December 26	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	9	0.00	0.0
December 28	47	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	53	39	0.71	0.0
December 30	50	32	0.60	0.0
December 31	36	28	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Roanoke Regional Airport	location
1901–1947	Roanoke	location