Roanoke Weather in 1961

Historical record of Roanoke, Virginia weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Roanoke Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	September 12
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 1
Lowest daily high	22 °F	February 3
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	October 20
Most daily snow	11.3 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	40.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Roanoke in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1961 was 95 °F which happened 4 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Sep 12
1	95 °F	Sep 6
1	95 °F	Sep 3
1	95 °F	Jul 21
5	94 °F	Aug 1
5	94 °F	Jul 1
5	94 °F	Jun 12
5	94 °F	Jun 2
9	93 °F	Sep 11
9	93 °F	Jul 22
9	93 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Roanoke in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1961 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 22
2	7 °F	January 25
3	8 °F	January 28
4	12 °F	January 21
5	14 °F	January 26
5	14 °F	January 24
7	15 °F	February 6
7	15 °F	February 3
7	15 °F	January 10
10	16 °F	December 29
10	16 °F	December 26
10	16 °F	February 2

January 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	31	0.13	0.0
January 2	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	28	0.00	0.0
January 4	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 5	52	36	0.00	0.0
January 6	56	38	0.00	0.0
January 7	56	36	0.00	0.0
January 8	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	45	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	60	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	58	34	0.00	0.0
January 13	53	25	0.00	0.0
January 14	54	36	0.15	0.0
January 15	45	36	0.47	0.0
January 16	41	33	0.08	0.7
January 17	52	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	51	34	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	27	0.42	4.2
January 20	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	12	0.06	1.8
January 22	26	4	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	19	0.02	0.5
January 24	41	14	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	7	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	14	0.28	2.8
January 27	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	49	20	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	54	30	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	16	0.06	0.9
February 3	22	15	0.62	5.6
February 4	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 5	43	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	15	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	27	1.08	11.3
February 8	41	26	0.36	2.9
February 9	41	35	0.00	0.0
February 10	45	34	0.00	0.0
February 11	47	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	60	33	0.02	0.0
February 13	35	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	62	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	63	39	0.00	0.0
February 17	54	33	0.00	0.0
February 18	57	46	0.57	0.0
February 19	70	48	0.00	0.0
February 20	52	37	0.35	0.0
February 21	40	36	0.15	0.0
February 22	43	37	0.15	0.0
February 23	70	42	0.40	0.0
February 24	71	44	0.00	0.0
February 25	63	31	0.55	0.0
February 26	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	72	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	49	38	0.19	0.0

March 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	36	0.01	0.0
March 2	56	38	0.00	0.0
March 3	68	31	0.00	0.0
March 4	79	48	0.00	0.0
March 5	80	59	0.00	0.0
March 6	77	59	0.05	0.0
March 7	78	58	0.00	0.0
March 8	61	41	0.78	0.0
March 9	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	66	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	70	43	0.00	0.0
March 13	59	44	0.33	0.0
March 14	58	43	0.22	0.0
March 15	68	41	0.00	0.0
March 16	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 17	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	34	29	0.43	0.3
March 19	58	31	0.02	0.0
March 20	55	42	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	35	0.97	0.0
March 22	41	34	0.22	0.0
March 23	55	35	0.08	0.0
March 24	49	42	0.06	0.0
March 25	59	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	72	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	78	41	0.00	0.0
March 28	70	53	0.08	0.0
March 29	70	50	0.00	0.0
March 30	63	48	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	38	0.92	0.0

April 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	46	38	0.05
April 2	49	37	0.00
April 3	46	36	0.00
April 4	47	35	0.00
April 5	65	39	0.02
April 6	58	44	0.00
April 7	52	41	0.00
April 8	59	39	0.00
April 9	47	38	1.33
April 10	56	40	0.02
April 11	61	39	0.00
April 12	45	40	1.31
April 13	46	40	0.02
April 14	68	42	0.00
April 15	71	46	0.02
April 16	55	42	0.74
April 17	56	38	0.00
April 18	44	37	0.00
April 19	55	38	0.00
April 20	65	31	0.00
April 21	53	43	0.27
April 22	76	49	0.00
April 23	78	60	0.00
April 24	86	57	0.00
April 25	82	62	0.00
April 26	71	58	0.01
April 27	58	46	0.05
April 28	68	42	0.02
April 29	57	43	0.00
April 30	67	33	0.00

May 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	51	0.42
May 2	61	43	0.00
May 3	67	36	0.00
May 4	74	39	0.00
May 5	60	44	0.05
May 6	54	46	0.01
May 7	77	51	0.10
May 8	86	56	0.00
May 9	79	59	0.28
May 10	59	55	0.36
May 11	68	55	0.53
May 12	72	55	0.16
May 13	78	53	0.00
May 14	82	53	0.00
May 15	83	57	0.00
May 16	76	58	0.00
May 17	78	52	0.00
May 18	66	51	0.01
May 19	74	55	0.00
May 20	77	44	0.01
May 21	73	52	0.00
May 22	73	53	0.00
May 23	77	49	0.00
May 24	79	46	0.00
May 25	83	48	0.00
May 26	74	44	0.09
May 27	54	40	0.00
May 28	79	44	0.00
May 29	78	55	0.03
May 30	76	52	0.00
May 31	83	44	0.00

June 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	60	0.00
June 2	94	71	0.00
June 3	84	67	0.00
June 4	86	55	0.00
June 5	86	58	0.39
June 6	84	63	0.01
June 7	88	63	0.19
June 8	86	64	0.06
June 9	83	64	0.04
June 10	86	65	0.23
June 11	88	64	0.00
June 12	94	67	0.00
June 13	93	67	0.00
June 14	88	69	0.00
June 15	76	51	1.09
June 16	69	48	0.01
June 17	76	46	0.00
June 18	82	50	0.00
June 19	84	55	0.00
June 20	83	58	0.13
June 21	73	63	1.10
June 22	80	63	0.00
June 23	77	58	0.19
June 24	78	57	0.02
June 25	82	53	0.00
June 26	66	56	0.33
June 27	73	58	0.00
June 28	81	60	0.00
June 29	88	58	0.00
June 30	89	60	0.00

July 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	65	0.00
July 2	90	68	0.00
July 3	84	69	0.03
July 4	87	58	0.00
July 5	87	70	0.00
July 6	85	67	0.00
July 7	86	65	0.04
July 8	85	62	0.00
July 9	80	54	0.00
July 10	84	50	0.00
July 11	84	52	0.00
July 12	70	60	0.44
July 13	88	67	0.16
July 14	89	68	0.00
July 15	90	69	0.08
July 16	86	66	0.10
July 17	88	66	0.00
July 18	84	62	0.04
July 19	90	62	0.00
July 20	88	72	0.03
July 21	95	70	0.00
July 22	93	70	0.42
July 23	90	68	0.17
July 24	89	67	0.01
July 25	92	68	0.07
July 26	89	67	0.00
July 27	91	69	0.00
July 28	88	67	0.00
July 29	90	66	0.00
July 30	92	71	0.00
July 31	92	72	0.00

August 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	72	0.63
August 2	83	69	0.05
August 3	89	68	0.02
August 4	90	64	0.56
August 5	79	68	0.00
August 6	87	69	0.12
August 7	84	67	0.00
August 8	87	65	0.48
August 9	83	68	0.22
August 10	89	68	0.00
August 11	90	71	0.00
August 12	85	69	0.01
August 13	84	63	0.00
August 14	84	56	0.00
August 15	88	56	0.00
August 16	90	59	0.00
August 17	91	63	0.00
August 18	85	69	0.00
August 19	87	59	0.00
August 20	72	60	0.56
August 21	82	60	0.36
August 22	79	59	0.04
August 23	80	67	0.07
August 24	80	63	0.41
August 25	82	67	1.84
August 26	83	67	0.00
August 27	90	65	0.00
August 28	92	68	0.04
August 29	90	69	0.00
August 30	89	68	0.00
August 31	92	69	0.00

September 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	69	0.00
September 2	91	69	0.10
September 3	95	67	0.00
September 4	91	69	0.09
September 5	91	66	0.00
September 6	95	68	0.00
September 7	89	70	0.00
September 8	82	70	0.06
September 9	86	70	0.00
September 10	90	65	0.00
September 11	93	65	0.00
September 12	95	66	0.00
September 13	88	64	0.00
September 14	85	68	0.00
September 15	72	55	0.00
September 16	70	45	0.00
September 17	72	47	0.00
September 18	63	50	0.80
September 19	67	55	0.63
September 20	69	60	0.11
September 21	81	58	0.00
September 22	89	58	0.00
September 23	90	61	0.00
September 24	89	63	0.00
September 25	91	63	0.00
September 26	76	58	0.00
September 27	80	57	0.00
September 28	82	51	0.00
September 29	73	48	0.00
September 30	70	46	0.00

October 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	46	0.00
October 2	79	55	0.04
October 3	63	49	0.57
October 4	64	44	0.00
October 5	69	38	0.00
October 6	76	41	0.00
October 7	78	46	0.00
October 8	81	46	0.00
October 9	79	49	0.00
October 10	80	49	0.00
October 11	79	49	0.00
October 12	80	50	0.00
October 13	82	51	0.00
October 14	67	44	0.01
October 15	61	42	0.00
October 16	71	46	0.00
October 17	75	38	0.00
October 18	80	45	0.00
October 19	75	44	0.20
October 20	48	41	2.28
October 21	61	45	0.17
October 22	63	46	0.00
October 23	67	40	0.00
October 24	71	41	0.00
October 25	76	45	0.01
October 26	61	44	0.00
October 27	61	35	0.00
October 28	63	29	0.00
October 29	75	38	0.00
October 30	80	53	0.00
October 31	76	65	0.07

November 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	57	0.00	0.0
November 2	67	53	0.00	0.0
November 3	78	60	0.07	0.0
November 4	74	65	0.01	0.0
November 5	80	62	0.00	0.0
November 6	78	56	0.90	0.0
November 7	60	48	0.07	0.0
November 8	48	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	62	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	53	47	0.08	0.0
November 13	63	50	0.00	0.0
November 14	63	56	0.38	0.0
November 15	65	47	0.00	0.0
November 16	61	54	0.16	0.0
November 17	57	41	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	34	30	0.29	2.9
November 20	39	31	0.00	0.0
November 21	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	51	24	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	41	1.52	0.0
November 24	53	41	0.14	0.0
November 25	61	36	0.00	0.0
November 26	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 27	57	38	0.00	0.0
November 28	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	55	33	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	57	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	39	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	43	0.00	0.0
December 4	62	38	0.00	0.0
December 5	60	41	0.07	0.0
December 6	54	38	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 8	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	29	26	0.30	0.5
December 10	37	29	0.96	0.0
December 11	48	36	0.83	0.0
December 12	47	41	0.30	0.0
December 13	51	24	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	29	0.55	0.0
December 17	45	30	0.51	0.0
December 18	60	42	0.96	0.0
December 19	49	42	0.00	0.0
December 20	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	28	0.39	3.6
December 24	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	51	16	0.00	0.0
December 27	47	30	0.16	0.1
December 28	35	24	0.04	0.3
December 29	26	16	0.00	0.0
December 30	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	19	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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