| 2026-04-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Clear and mild..60F. Another June-like morning and day ahead. Pretty good downpour about 2-3 mi. west yesterday afternoon but I drove home out of it to almost nothing :(. |
| 2026-04-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.09 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Foggy..55F. Thunderstorms around yesterday afternoon/evening but only got the periphery. Gonna be a long summer hoping for rain if this is going to continue. Very summer-like temps. |
| 2026-04-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | Clears skies, mild temps..60F. Chance of thunderstorms today..Marginal SPC risk to our north mainly up along I-64 corridor. |
| 2026-03-31 | 7:00 AM | 0.03 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Fair..53F. A few light showers yesterday morning. Surface high off the Atlantic coast and upper ridge bringing back the warmth, near 80F today. First lawn cutting of the year today. |
| 2026-03-30 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Partly cloudy skies..51F. |
| 2026-03-29 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..28F. Heavy frost. |
| 2026-03-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.21 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear, breezy..36F. 1036 mb surface high centered over IL/IA border this morning. Scattered showers yesterday evening as a cold front crossed the area. |
| 2026-03-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast and breezy, summer-like warmth..70F at obs. time. |
| 2026-03-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | High clouds..35F. |
| 2026-03-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.03 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A high thin overcast..34F. A little bit of rain after 7 AM yesterday morning. |
| 2026-03-23 | 7:00 AM | 0.06 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast..light rain at obs. time..very mild at 63F. Record high set at KROA climate site yesterday..86F beat 84F in 1938. |
| 2026-03-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..50F. More record to near record heat forecast today. |
| 2026-03-21 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Looks clear..37F. Spring equinox at 10:46 this morning, but the warm March (7th warmest on record through 3/19) has given an early start to spring around here. |
| 2026-03-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear skies..33F. Back into another extended dry period it appears. |
| 2026-03-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A few clouds and cold..25F. |
| 2026-03-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.53 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Partly cloudy..26F. Almost a 40F drop from yesterday morning! Storms yesterday with numerous Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and couple of Tornado Warning in the region but nothing very close by. Some thunder at time as two waves came through. Mainly just beneficial rain. But likely to be damage from the cold on all the early blooming plants. |
| 2026-03-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.45 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast, fog very mild..62F. Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for counties just to the west of Roanoke at 440 AM, you don't see that very often. Several bands of showers still west of here on KFCX radar. |
| 2026-03-15 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Fair..41F. A lot of dynamic weather forecast the next 48 hrs. |
| 2026-03-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..48F. Quite with Td of 16F (RH 27%). |
| 2026-03-13 | 7:00 AM | 0.70 | 0.3 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..28F. Rain changed to sleet and then sleet/snow mix by ~10 AM covering the ground. A day after temps in the 80s! Melted under strong March sun by late afternoon. |
| 2026-03-12 | 7:00 AM | 0.07 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | It just started raining as I went out for 7AM obs. We had a stray shower with brief thunder late afternoon yesterday. |
| 2026-03-11 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-09 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | The briefest spritz of rain yesterday. |
| 2026-03-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Cloudy very mild..62F. No record yesterday but close and no rain. |
| 2026-03-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Partly cloudy..53F. Record high temps at all 5 regional climate sites yesterday, 84 at KROA broke 3/6 record of 80F back in 1945. Tons of things blooming--too early. |
| 2026-03-06 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Fair..55F. Hit 80F at nearby KROA climate site yesterday...2F off the record high. Really not a good thing to happen this early. |
| 2026-03-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Patchy fog..44F. Hit 72 at KROA airport yesterday, unseasonable warmth to continue this week. Too early for spring! |
| 2026-03-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Dense fog..37F. Visibility ~1/4 mi. or less. Big warmup expected this week with record/near record highs possible and not much rain. |
| 2026-03-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.28 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Mostly cloudy, some fog..34F. |
| 2026-03-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Cloudy..37F. |
| 2026-03-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..39F. |
| 2026-02-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.10 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast with fog..37F. |
| 2026-02-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.05 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast with light rain at obs. time..47F. |
| 2026-02-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Cloudy..42F. Temps rose overnight with WSW winds and mixing along with increasing cloud cover. |
| 2026-02-24 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A few clouds..24F. A few snow showers overnight..melted by 7AM. |
| 2026-02-23 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A few clouds..25F. A few flurries all we saw yesterday. Still very breezy with the gradient from the big coastal low, with sfc. center now ~972 mb per WPC analysis and centered pretty close to 40N/70W as forecast. |
| 2026-02-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.29 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast skies..38F. Winds already around to the NW as 1006 mb surface low located near the NC coast will deepen to ~970 mb by early Monday as it tracks NE near the 40N, 70W benchmark for big nor'easters. Blizzard conditions possible on LI and SE MA! |
| 2026-02-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.27 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast..49F. Showers fell yesterday morning from around 715 AM until ~815 AM. Temps soared to near record levels in the afternoon to 74F at KROA just 2F below record. |
| 2026-02-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.61 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Low clouds, fog and mist..(Mill Mtn. obscured)..41F. Showers light to occasionally moderate much of yesterday, mostly done by around 7 PM. |
| 2026-02-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.12 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Light rain, mist (Mill Mtn. partially obscured)..52F at obs time. |
| 2026-02-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | |
| 2026-02-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.83 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | Clear..a bit of haze..38F. Steady all-day rain from 700 AM yesterday until around 800 PM. Still patches of snow in the shade (not the piles). |
| 2026-02-15 | 7:00 AM | 0.10 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | Overcast, light rain and fog (Mill Mtn. visible)..38F. |
| 2026-02-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | Clear skies..23F. |
| 2026-02-13 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | Clear..28F. Ended 19 days straight with measurable snow cover, not bad for our latitude. |
| 2026-02-12 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.5 | NA | | Fair..33F. Brisk NW wind gusting to 20 mph. Many patches of clear ground, especially south facing exposures. Decent coverage in woods. |
| 2026-02-11 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 1.0 | NA | | Cloudy..a very mild 50F. Snow cover discontinuous. Reached low to mid 60s yesterday! |
| 2026-02-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 2.0 | NA | | Fair..22F. |
| 2026-02-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 2.0 | NA | | Clear..14F. Warmup starts today! |
| 2026-02-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 2.5 | NA | | Clear..11F. |
| 2026-02-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | T | NA | 2.5 | NA | | Fair and windy..25F. Winds gusted to 48 mph at KROA overnight. High Wind Warning in effect for today. A few periods of snow yesterday did not really accumulate. |
| 2026-02-06 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 2.5 | NA | | Mostly cloudy..24F.High Wind Warning in effect for tonight/tomorrow along with Cold Weather Advisory. |
| 2026-02-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 3.0 | NA | | Overcast..28F. Some light snow overnight. |
| 2026-02-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | NA | 3.0 | NA | | Overcast..34F. Some very light rain, possibly freezing at the start overnight. Substantial melting yesterday. |
| 2026-02-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | NA | | Partly cloudy..30F. Could see 40F today! |
| 2026-02-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | NA | | Clear..14F. NW wind kept things well mixed overnight. A lot of the recent powdery snow appears to have sublimated in past 24 hrs. |
| 2026-02-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.09 | 0.9 | 0.09 | 4.5 | NA | | Fair skies..12F. Snow fell yesterday until around 1 PM. |
| 2026-01-31 | 7:00 AM | 0.09 | 1.0 | 0.09 | 4.0 | NA | | Overcast..not snowing at obs. time..16F. Winter Storm Warnings were cancelled yesterday evening and not expecting much today as coastal low develops well southeast of here. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 3.0 | NA | | Cloudy..18F. Winter Storm Warning issued for ROA..on the northern edge of the warning and only 60 Pop, so we'll see. |
| 2026-01-29 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 3.0 | NA | | Fair..16F. Winter Storm Watch issued for Fri-Sun. |
| 2026-01-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 3.5 | NA | | Overcast..21F. Temps stayed up overnight well above forecast but renewed push of arctic air today. |
| 2026-01-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 3.5 | 1.35 | | Fair skies..9F. Still a slight breeze may have held temps up above forecast. Took a rare core sample for SWE on my pile out there. Maybe lost a little, I need to start that process way earlier! Consider it close enough for gov. work! |
| 2026-01-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.43 | 1.4 | 0.43 | 4.0 | 1.40 | | A few breaks in the overcast..28F. Temps spiked briefly above 32F last night. 'Snow' accumulation was all sleet yesterday until early evening and only a brief spritz of freezing rain at the end--thankfully! Storm total snow/sleet 4.4" already compressed down a bit (4.2" but rounded to nearest half inch) all came from 1.42" of liquid. |
| 2026-01-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.99 | 3.0 | 0.99 | 3.0 | 0.99 | | Sleet and 12F at obs time. Snow began yesterday evening ~7pm, started changing to sleet somewhere around midnight based on the sound on my window. Still praying is stays as sleet for a long time. |
| 2026-01-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Cloudy..22F. 1042 MB high centered over OH this morning with precip into w. TN. Expecting SN/PL/ZR over next 24-36h. SN forecasts keep decreasing and ZR increasing--just hope we don't lose power! |
| 2026-01-23 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast..l/m 30s. |
| 2026-01-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Mild morning..40F. Winter Storm Watch in effect for upcoming weekend storm. Looking more like a lot of sleet here. |
| 2026-01-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear skies..12F. |
| 2026-01-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..20F. |
| 2026-01-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Fair skies..27F. |
| 2026-01-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Mostly cloudy..35F. Developing coastal low will miss us entirely (again!). Much colder air next few days. |
| 2026-01-17 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast..32F. |
| 2026-01-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Partly cloudy..20F. |
| 2026-01-15 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Broken overcast..24F..NW winds gusting to around 40 mph. A few flurries overnight. |
| 2026-01-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | High cloudiness..partially obscured waning crescent moon visible in the east..a mild 42F. |
| 2026-01-13 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear..low/mid 30s around town, |
| 2026-01-12 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Fair..28F. A few snow showers yesterday. |
| 2026-01-11 | 7:00 AM | 1.28 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A few clouds..breezy..40F. All-day rainfall yesterday, biggest single-day amount since Aug. 22 last year. Could use more of these but looking mostly dry for at least next seven days at least |
| 2026-01-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.19 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast, fog and moderate rain..50F. |
| 2026-01-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Overcast..47F. Fingers crossed for incoming system, we need rain! Much of central VA 'downgraded' from Moderate to Severe Drought yesterday on weekly US Drought Monitor! |
| 2026-01-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A few wispy cirrus in the east..32F. |
| 2026-01-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Very mild morning..53F |
| 2026-01-06 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | A few clouds east..31F. Pretty sunrise. |
| 2026-01-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Cloudy..31F. |
| 2026-01-04 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Clear skies..23F. A spritz of rain yesterday. |
| 2026-01-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Cloudy..34F. |
| 2026-01-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Fair..26F. |
| 2026-01-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Windy and cloudy morning..40F. Wind gust to 46 mph past hour. |