Roanoke Weather in 1970

Historical record of Roanoke, Virginia weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Roanoke Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 1
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 1
Lowest daily high	12 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	3.3 inches	October 30
Most daily snow	9.0 inches	December 31
Total annual precipitation	40.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Roanoke in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1970 was 97 °F which happened on July 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 1
2	96 °F	Jul 2
3	95 °F	Jul 15
3	95 °F	Jul 3
5	94 °F	Sep 22
5	94 °F	Jun 30
5	94 °F	Jun 18
8	93 °F	Sep 23
8	93 °F	Sep 16
8	93 °F	Aug 30
8	93 °F	Aug 1
8	93 °F	Jul 28
8	93 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Roanoke in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1970 was -1 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	January 9
2	0 °F	January 8
3	1 °F	February 4
4	3 °F	January 22
4	3 °F	January 21
6	5 °F	January 23
7	6 °F	January 10
8	8 °F	February 26
8	8 °F	January 7
10	10 °F	December 30
10	10 °F	January 20

January 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 2	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	30	0.22	2.2
January 7	32	8	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	12	-1	0.00	0.0
January 10	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	15	0.02	0.2
January 12	40	26	0.02	0.2
January 13	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	49	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	55	16	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	24	0.69	0.0
January 18	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	26	0.04	0.4
January 20	27	10	0.10	1.0
January 21	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	3	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	5	0.04	0.4
January 24	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	44	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	60	33	0.00	0.0
January 27	58	28	0.00	0.0
January 28	55	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	65	43	0.18	0.0
January 30	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 31	50	27	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	58	30	0.00	0.0
February 2	64	38	0.79	0.0
February 3	51	11	0.13	0.0
February 4	31	1	0.00	0.0
February 5	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	47	24	0.00	0.0
February 7	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	49	36	0.04	0.0
February 9	40	35	0.39	0.0
February 10	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	45	30	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	23	0.49	5.4
February 15	39	23	0.08	0.0
February 16	45	30	0.24	0.0
February 17	39	29	0.20	0.0
February 18	57	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	60	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	62	32	0.00	0.0
February 23	53	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	60	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	8	0.00	0.0
February 27	60	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	60	34	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	47	32	0.00
March 2	69	35	0.02
March 3	55	40	0.00
March 4	41	36	0.14
March 5	60	37	0.00
March 6	59	27	0.00
March 7	61	26	0.00
March 8	65	38	0.00
March 9	59	33	0.00
March 10	56	30	0.00
March 11	66	34	0.00
March 12	53	36	0.36
March 13	44	33	0.00
March 14	39	26	0.00
March 15	38	20	0.00
March 16	39	18	0.00
March 17	49	18	0.00
March 18	45	35	0.54
March 19	51	40	0.03
March 20	45	39	0.07
March 21	52	39	0.04
March 22	44	36	0.36
March 23	52	39	0.04
March 24	50	33	0.00
March 25	66	26	0.00
March 26	64	40	0.00
March 27	54	30	0.00
March 28	66	24	0.00
March 29	53	32	0.29
March 30	36	29	0.00
March 31	62	30	0.06

April 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	47	35	0.42	0.0
April 2	66	39	0.81	0.0
April 3	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 4	66	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	51	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	51	34	0.22	0.2
April 7	55	36	0.00	0.0
April 8	73	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	75	53	0.03	0.0
April 10	66	48	0.00	0.0
April 11	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 12	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	52	40	0.43	0.0
April 14	63	45	0.03	0.0
April 15	70	47	0.00	0.0
April 16	72	37	0.00	0.0
April 17	67	44	0.00	0.0
April 18	79	54	0.00	0.0
April 19	59	47	0.03	0.0
April 20	74	44	0.08	0.0
April 21	78	49	0.00	0.0
April 22	76	45	0.00	0.0
April 23	80	52	0.00	0.0
April 24	80	57	0.01	0.0
April 25	75	52	0.00	0.0
April 26	61	54	0.47	0.0
April 27	76	50	0.01	0.0
April 28	73	59	0.26	0.0
April 29	87	57	0.00	0.0
April 30	80	64	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	58	0.00
May 2	78	53	0.03
May 3	60	51	0.55
May 4	59	45	0.48
May 5	77	41	0.00
May 6	65	44	0.00
May 7	74	33	0.00
May 8	83	47	0.00
May 9	85	59	0.00
May 10	83	57	0.00
May 11	81	63	0.00
May 12	84	57	0.00
May 13	87	59	0.00
May 14	88	61	0.00
May 15	71	60	0.00
May 16	66	60	0.24
May 17	70	46	0.10
May 18	76	42	0.00
May 19	88	48	0.00
May 20	89	52	0.00
May 21	87	62	0.00
May 22	90	62	0.02
May 23	90	60	0.07
May 24	91	60	0.00
May 25	86	62	0.00
May 26	82	57	0.02
May 27	83	56	0.00
May 28	77	50	0.00
May 29	74	61	0.00
May 30	70	57	0.00
May 31	80	61	0.00

June 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	66	0.14
June 2	85	67	0.19
June 3	87	66	0.00
June 4	80	57	0.01
June 5	81	59	0.10
June 6	80	55	0.02
June 7	82	48	0.00
June 8	88	52	0.00
June 9	88	57	0.18
June 10	89	57	0.02
June 11	90	57	0.00
June 12	92	60	0.03
June 13	90	63	2.02
June 14	73	63	0.04
June 15	71	62	0.05
June 16	87	64	0.14
June 17	90	68	0.00
June 18	94	71	0.23
June 19	89	70	0.00
June 20	81	66	0.01
June 21	88	63	0.01
June 22	87	62	0.00
June 23	83	62	0.00
June 24	86	58	0.00
June 25	88	64	0.87
June 26	86	66	0.81
June 27	78	57	0.00
June 28	77	49	0.00
June 29	82	51	0.00
June 30	94	60	0.00

July 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	75	0.00
July 2	96	74	0.04
July 3	95	67	0.00
July 4	93	70	0.15
July 5	82	62	0.00
July 6	84	55	0.00
July 7	85	56	0.00
July 8	90	61	0.00
July 9	83	65	0.86
July 10	86	63	0.00
July 11	84	59	0.00
July 12	88	63	0.00
July 13	87	63	0.00
July 14	88	68	0.01
July 15	95	67	0.00
July 16	89	65	0.00
July 17	87	56	0.00
July 18	88	60	0.00
July 19	88	62	0.24
July 20	90	67	0.21
July 21	78	60	0.25
July 22	70	58	0.52
July 23	75	64	0.58
July 24	89	69	0.01
July 25	90	68	0.02
July 26	88	67	0.00
July 27	86	70	0.04
July 28	93	67	0.01
July 29	91	67	0.05
July 30	89	67	0.06
July 31	92	68	0.23

August 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	70	0.52
August 2	91	64	0.00
August 3	91	60	0.15
August 4	87	65	0.00
August 5	82	63	0.00
August 6	84	65	0.00
August 7	82	65	0.00
August 8	81	67	0.10
August 9	69	60	1.40
August 10	66	61	2.13
August 11	83	61	0.00
August 12	83	57	0.00
August 13	85	62	0.00
August 14	86	62	1.43
August 15	89	62	0.00
August 16	92	65	0.00
August 17	91	67	0.00
August 18	85	66	0.00
August 19	88	67	0.02
August 20	89	65	0.36
August 21	90	69	0.00
August 22	73	69	0.00
August 23	80	63	0.07
August 24	81	57	0.00
August 25	81	58	0.00
August 26	83	56	0.00
August 27	87	59	0.00
August 28	89	60	0.00
August 29	90	62	0.00
August 30	93	62	0.00
August 31	87	70	0.22

September 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	63	0.00
September 2	80	63	0.00
September 3	88	69	0.00
September 4	88	69	0.92
September 5	85	68	0.04
September 6	86	61	0.00
September 7	84	58	0.00
September 8	85	60	0.00
September 9	86	65	0.79
September 10	89	65	0.00
September 11	80	61	0.00
September 12	76	57	0.00
September 13	86	57	0.00
September 14	91	61	0.00
September 15	90	61	0.00
September 16	93	62	0.00
September 17	88	63	0.00
September 18	91	61	0.02
September 19	85	63	0.00
September 20	76	60	0.00
September 21	90	60	0.00
September 22	94	64	0.00
September 23	93	66	0.00
September 24	91	62	0.00
September 25	92	62	0.00
September 26	91	63	0.00
September 27	74	52	0.22
September 28	70	45	0.00
September 29	67	40	0.00
September 30	79	42	0.00

October 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	45	0.00
October 2	82	52	0.00
October 3	83	55	0.00
October 4	70	46	0.00
October 5	74	36	0.00
October 6	82	40	0.00
October 7	79	43	0.00
October 8	76	54	0.00
October 9	73	60	0.03
October 10	75	60	0.05
October 11	79	61	0.00
October 12	80	61	0.00
October 13	83	53	0.00
October 14	83	56	0.00
October 15	78	61	0.11
October 16	62	42	0.00
October 17	60	33	0.00
October 18	71	29	0.00
October 19	69	33	0.00
October 20	58	45	0.28
October 21	62	54	1.40
October 22	72	51	0.00
October 23	73	43	0.00
October 24	68	45	0.00
October 25	72	54	0.00
October 26	64	49	0.00
October 27	57	49	0.00
October 28	55	48	0.00
October 29	53	47	1.30
October 30	61	52	3.30
October 31	60	53	1.04

November 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	53	0.42	0.0
November 2	64	47	0.20	0.0
November 3	58	41	0.09	0.0
November 4	45	32	0.50	2.0
November 5	55	42	0.00	0.0
November 6	66	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	70	45	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	56	39	0.00	0.0
November 10	55	49	1.28	0.0
November 11	63	54	0.28	0.0
November 12	62	48	0.36	0.0
November 13	63	47	0.00	0.0
November 14	54	47	0.12	0.0
November 15	53	36	0.01	0.0
November 16	45	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	47	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 20	61	47	0.40	0.0
November 21	58	30	0.00	0.0
November 22	64	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	54	14	0.00	0.0
November 24	30	12	0.00	0.0
November 25	27	11	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	21	0.00	0.0
November 27	69	29	0.00	0.0
November 28	69	44	0.00	0.0
November 29	56	44	0.01	0.0
November 30	70	43	0.00	0.0

December 1970 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	56	39	0.00	0.0
December 2	70	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	66	36	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	15	0.00	0.0
December 9	61	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	63	43	0.00	0.0
December 11	53	40	0.00	0.0
December 12	66	40	0.22	0.0
December 13	48	38	0.00	0.0
December 14	48	33	0.00	0.0
December 15	50	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	32	0.66	1.8
December 17	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 18	58	31	0.00	0.0
December 19	62	35	0.00	0.0
December 20	59	40	0.00	0.0
December 21	50	38	0.90	0.0
December 22	56	38	0.05	0.0
December 23	61	44	0.03	0.0
December 24	57	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 26	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 29	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	24	0.95	9.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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1901–1947	Roanoke	location