Roanoke Weather in 1973

Historical record of Roanoke, Virginia weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Roanoke Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 29
Lowest temperature	7 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	May 28
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	March 21
Total annual precipitation	48.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	17.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Roanoke in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1973 was 96 °F which happened on August 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 29
2	95 °F	Sep 2
2	95 °F	Sep 1
2	95 °F	Aug 28
5	93 °F	Sep 3
5	93 °F	Aug 31
5	93 °F	Aug 30
5	93 °F	Jul 8
5	93 °F	Jun 17
10	92 °F	Aug 27
10	92 °F	Jul 14
10	92 °F	Jul 13
10	92 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Roanoke in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Roanoke, Virginia in 1973 was 7 °F which happened on Feb 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Roanoke in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	February 18
2	8 °F	February 17
2	8 °F	January 9
4	9 °F	February 12
5	11 °F	January 13
5	11 °F	January 12
7	12 °F	January 11
8	14 °F	February 16
8	14 °F	January 10
10	15 °F	February 13
10	15 °F	February 11
10	15 °F	January 30

January 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	64	47	0.00	0.0
January 2	50	29	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	23	0.68	0.0
January 4	62	32	0.06	0.0
January 5	48	39	0.00	0.0
January 6	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 8	25	17	0.24	2.4
January 9	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	11	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	11	0.00	0.0
January 14	48	16	0.00	0.0
January 15	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 16	53	27	0.00	0.0
January 17	66	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	66	31	0.00	0.0
January 19	57	43	0.28	0.0
January 20	47	30	0.00	0.0
January 21	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	59	33	0.71	0.0
January 23	55	42	0.00	0.0
January 24	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	61	32	0.00	0.0
January 26	58	32	0.29	0.0
January 27	55	42	0.28	0.0
January 28	47	42	0.06	0.0
January 29	45	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	49	21	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	30	0.32	0.0
February 2	58	38	1.34	0.0
February 3	47	37	0.00	0.0
February 4	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 5	59	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	32	0.38	0.0
February 7	54	34	0.00	0.0
February 8	47	29	0.24	0.0
February 9	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 11	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	35	30	0.45	0.0
February 15	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 17	31	8	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	7	0.00	0.0
February 19	53	23	0.00	0.0
February 20	49	24	0.01	0.0
February 21	50	29	0.02	0.0
February 22	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	54	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	54	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	63	36	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	32	0.19	1.4
February 28	51	31	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	63	29	0.01	0.0
March 3	56	48	0.59	0.0
March 4	62	51	0.00	0.0
March 5	57	52	0.46	0.0
March 6	53	45	0.34	0.0
March 7	51	43	0.16	0.0
March 8	68	47	0.00	0.0
March 9	62	51	0.00	0.0
March 10	66	50	0.01	0.0
March 11	59	46	0.07	0.0
March 12	76	50	0.00	0.0
March 13	73	44	0.00	0.0
March 14	84	49	0.00	0.0
March 15	71	60	0.09	0.0
March 16	67	56	1.03	0.0
March 17	66	35	0.25	0.0
March 18	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	57	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	47	37	0.07	0.0
March 21	41	33	0.88	5.5
March 22	38	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 24	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	42	0.48	0.0
March 26	55	48	0.64	0.0
March 27	59	43	0.00	0.0
March 28	55	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	54	37	0.37	0.0
March 30	68	44	0.05	0.0
March 31	59	54	0.42	0.0

April 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	70	54	0.84	0.0
April 2	60	42	0.00	0.0
April 3	70	42	0.00	0.0
April 4	65	46	0.20	0.0
April 5	50	44	0.00	0.0
April 6	65	40	0.00	0.0
April 7	56	45	0.74	0.0
April 8	50	45	0.31	0.0
April 9	48	42	0.10	0.0
April 10	46	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	45	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	61	24	0.02	0.2
April 13	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	68	32	0.00	0.0
April 16	70	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	62	54	0.21	0.0
April 18	70	52	0.00	0.0
April 19	69	53	0.04	0.0
April 20	77	48	0.00	0.0
April 21	80	59	0.00	0.0
April 22	82	54	0.00	0.0
April 23	76	61	0.00	0.0
April 24	77	59	0.00	0.0
April 25	64	49	1.15	0.0
April 26	64	49	0.50	0.0
April 27	54	47	1.28	0.0
April 28	55	45	0.00	0.0
April 29	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	69	40	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	51	0.00
May 2	76	58	0.00
May 3	70	50	0.10
May 4	63	45	0.00
May 5	64	40	0.00
May 6	72	35	0.00
May 7	75	51	0.00
May 8	66	56	0.29
May 9	74	51	0.01
May 10	80	48	0.00
May 11	78	49	0.00
May 12	72	45	0.00
May 13	72	43	0.00
May 14	71	48	0.14
May 15	65	41	0.00
May 16	70	34	0.00
May 17	61	41	0.08
May 18	68	34	0.00
May 19	73	48	0.00
May 20	74	53	0.06
May 21	74	52	0.00
May 22	80	48	0.00
May 23	78	60	0.54
May 24	73	56	0.28
May 25	71	57	0.02
May 26	59	53	0.00
May 27	64	56	1.77
May 28	84	63	2.29
May 29	82	63	0.00
May 30	81	58	0.00
May 31	77	55	0.00

June 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	51	0.00
June 2	82	55	0.00
June 3	89	57	0.22
June 4	89	60	0.00
June 5	86	60	0.13
June 6	81	64	0.00
June 7	83	61	0.00
June 8	85	60	0.00
June 9	86	65	0.05
June 10	90	66	0.00
June 11	90	66	0.00
June 12	86	66	0.00
June 13	87	66	0.30
June 14	84	66	0.00
June 15	82	59	0.43
June 16	88	68	0.00
June 17	93	69	0.29
June 18	77	65	0.11
June 19	80	65	0.00
June 20	83	65	0.07
June 21	83	69	1.50
June 22	81	66	0.00
June 23	84	64	0.00
June 24	84	60	0.00
June 25	88	58	0.00
June 26	85	62	0.00
June 27	84	66	0.03
June 28	82	64	0.52
June 29	81	64	0.00
June 30	85	63	0.00

July 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	65	0.93
July 2	87	68	0.00
July 3	91	69	0.00
July 4	90	70	0.00
July 5	88	68	0.00
July 6	84	58	0.00
July 7	88	60	0.00
July 8	93	66	0.00
July 9	92	68	0.00
July 10	91	69	1.36
July 11	88	64	0.00
July 12	82	56	0.00
July 13	92	56	0.00
July 14	92	69	0.07
July 15	83	69	0.39
July 16	74	65	0.15
July 17	70	60	0.41
July 18	84	58	0.00
July 19	83	60	0.43
July 20	86	67	0.00
July 21	91	68	0.00
July 22	89	68	0.00
July 23	80	67	0.02
July 24	80	66	0.01
July 25	81	65	0.00
July 26	87	65	0.60
July 27	88	69	0.00
July 28	90	65	0.00
July 29	86	69	0.00
July 30	87	60	0.00
July 31	84	66	0.73

August 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	70	1.00
August 2	87	70	0.02
August 3	76	69	0.83
August 4	85	66	0.00
August 5	82	67	0.00
August 6	84	68	0.01
August 7	87	67	0.00
August 8	90	66	0.00
August 9	91	69	0.00
August 10	90	68	0.15
August 11	90	68	0.00
August 12	88	67	0.31
August 13	87	71	0.04
August 14	87	68	0.01
August 15	82	66	0.00
August 16	84	63	0.00
August 17	81	69	0.02
August 18	83	65	0.91
August 19	83	61	0.00
August 20	81	62	0.00
August 21	76	62	0.04
August 22	81	63	0.00
August 23	80	62	0.00
August 24	83	59	0.00
August 25	82	67	0.00
August 26	90	61	0.00
August 27	92	65	0.00
August 28	95	69	0.00
August 29	96	70	0.00
August 30	93	66	0.00
August 31	93	68	0.00

September 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	95	65	0.00
September 2	95	65	0.00
September 3	93	68	0.00
September 4	88	66	0.00
September 5	88	65	0.07
September 6	90	65	0.00
September 7	89	65	0.00
September 8	89	56	0.00
September 9	77	65	0.51
September 10	71	58	0.25
September 11	83	54	0.00
September 12	84	58	0.00
September 13	76	55	0.03
September 14	79	67	0.57
September 15	80	59	0.00
September 16	79	53	0.00
September 17	77	54	0.00
September 18	74	51	0.03
September 19	69	44	0.00
September 20	77	49	0.00
September 21	76	55	0.00
September 22	79	62	0.00
September 23	89	63	0.00
September 24	84	60	0.00
September 25	77	61	0.00
September 26	76	61	0.00
September 27	80	63	0.00
September 28	89	59	0.00
September 29	85	61	0.00
September 30	71	58	0.38

October 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	56	1.36
October 2	72	56	0.98
October 3	77	59	0.00
October 4	84	59	0.00
October 5	81	54	0.00
October 6	70	45	0.00
October 7	72	47	0.00
October 8	72	60	0.10
October 9	73	62	0.47
October 10	77	60	0.00
October 11	68	58	0.00
October 12	70	53	0.00
October 13	75	48	0.00
October 14	75	53	0.00
October 15	81	53	0.00
October 16	73	51	0.00
October 17	60	36	0.00
October 18	74	35	0.00
October 19	67	37	0.00
October 20	78	41	0.00
October 21	66	41	0.00
October 22	66	39	0.00
October 23	71	39	0.00
October 24	71	41	0.00
October 25	73	40	0.00
October 26	78	41	0.00
October 27	73	44	0.00
October 28	58	48	0.63
October 29	53	41	0.24
October 30	55	40	0.22
October 31	58	48	0.28

November 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	48	0.00
November 2	76	41	0.00
November 3	66	45	0.00
November 4	62	39	0.00
November 5	53	39	0.37
November 6	49	34	0.00
November 7	45	31	0.00
November 8	61	31	0.00
November 9	50	30	0.00
November 10	40	25	0.00
November 11	46	16	0.00
November 12	60	26	0.00
November 13	68	38	0.00
November 14	76	50	0.00
November 15	75	52	0.02
November 16	60	39	0.01
November 17	51	30	0.00
November 18	59	24	0.00
November 19	63	41	0.00
November 20	54	39	0.00
November 21	50	44	0.30
November 22	63	40	0.00
November 23	70	38	0.00
November 24	77	50	0.00
November 25	73	54	0.03
November 26	58	40	0.36
November 27	70	51	0.26
November 28	67	44	0.44
November 29	45	34	0.00
November 30	63	34	0.00

December 1973 Roanoke Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	60	37	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	66	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	68	37	0.00	0.0
December 5	70	50	0.68	0.0
December 6	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	39	31	0.26	2.0
December 9	46	32	0.85	0.0
December 10	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	33	0.20	0.0
December 14	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	28	0.02	0.2
December 16	34	29	0.32	2.7
December 17	29	20	0.15	1.8
December 18	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	31	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	28	1.00	0.0
December 21	41	21	0.53	1.2
December 22	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 23	51	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	31	0.08	0.0
December 26	66	38	0.67	0.0
December 27	62	47	0.00	0.0
December 28	50	31	0.00	0.0
December 29	52	30	0.05	0.0
December 30	48	34	0.18	0.0
December 31	41	34	0.61	0.0

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