How extreme does Cave Spring's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cave Spring has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl Ap station 11 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Cave Spring has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

105°F Aug 21, 1983

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Cave Spring (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Aug 21, 1983

2 104°F Aug 20, 1983

3 104°F Aug 22, 1983

❄️ Coldest night

-11°F Jan 21, 1985

About 40°F colder than a normal January night in Cave Spring (typical low near 29°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F Jan 21, 1985

2 -10°F Jan 20, 1985

3 -6°F Jan 19, 1994

🌧️ Most rain in one day

6.61 in Nov 4, 1985

More rain in a single day than Cave Spring usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 3.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 6.61 in Nov 4, 1985

2 6.56 in Sep 7, 1987

3 5.01 in Apr 26, 1978

⛄ Most snow in one day

15.0 in Dec 9, 2018

Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Cave Spring averages about 3 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 15.0 in Dec 9, 2018

2 14.1 in Mar 13, 1993

3 14.0 in Jan 7, 1996

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Cave Spring's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 105°F is about 18°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Cave Spring's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as −11°F. A single day has delivered over 7 inches of rain or close to 15 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00013741), about 11 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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