All-time weather records — Belmont, WV

Record high
104.0°F
July 17, 1988
Record low
-24.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
4.74 in
August 13, 2013

Climate change signal in Belmont

24.6%

of Belmont's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (90 of 366 records since 2015).

16.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (60 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 #
1980s
33
51
1990s
107
138
2000s
85
77
2010s
106
79
2020s
35
21

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 1988, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1985-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 12, 2020 -24.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.14 in — Jan 12, 2018
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -9.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 3.06 in — Feb 19, 2000
March 86.0°F — Mar 23, 2012 -2.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 3.02 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 90.0°F — Apr 19, 2002 17.1°F — Apr 6, 1995 2.88 in — Apr 23, 2016
May 91.0°F — May 11, 2015 28.9°F — May 4, 2005 2.56 in — May 3, 2010
June 100.9°F — Jun 26, 1988 39.9°F — Jun 2, 2003 3.40 in — Jun 28, 1998
July 104.0°F — Jul 17, 1988 44.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.70 in — Jul 13, 2010
August 100.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 48.0°F — Aug 9, 1989 4.74 in — Aug 13, 2013
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 1998 36.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 3.99 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 21, 1992 2.28 in — Oct 10, 1999
November 82.9°F — Nov 3, 2016 12.0°F — Nov 5, 1991 2.58 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 75.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -14.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.55 in — Dec 3, 1991

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