All-time weather records — Bayard, WV

Record high
95.0°F
July 4, 1911
Record low
-29.9°F
January 13, 1912
Wettest day
5.15 in
September 19, 2003

Climate change signal in Bayard

4.4%

of Bayard's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
21
20
1910s
35
30
1920s
74
47
1930s
79
52
1940s
35
59
1950s
27
31
1960s
8
61
1970s
18
12
1980s
15
13
1990s
18
11
2000s
13
7
2010s
13
16
2020s
10
7

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1902-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 29, 1914 -29.9°F — Jan 13, 1912 1.96 in — Jan 8, 1996
February 79.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -25.1°F — Feb 28, 1934 4.15 in — Feb 9, 1994
March 84.0°F — Mar 28, 1950 -17.0°F — Mar 11, 1960 3.37 in — Mar 29, 1924
April 89.1°F — Apr 24, 1925 1.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.67 in — Apr 28, 1928
May 91.9°F — May 7, 1949 17.1°F — May 2, 1943 3.17 in — May 24, 1968
June 93.9°F — Jun 4, 1925 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 4.71 in — Jun 30, 2019
July 95.0°F — Jul 4, 1911 32.0°F — Jul 21, 1929 4.29 in — Jul 29, 2017
August 95.0°F — Aug 4, 1930 28.0°F — Aug 28, 1968 3.53 in — Aug 9, 1996
September 95.0°F — Sep 2, 1932 15.1°F — Sep 29, 1942 5.15 in — Sep 19, 2003
October 91.9°F — Oct 5, 1951 8.1°F — Oct 22, 1930 4.25 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 78.1°F — Nov 1, 1929 -14.1°F — Nov 29, 1930 4.55 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 75.9°F — Dec 22, 1924 -20.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 2.40 in — Dec 9, 1972

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bayard.