All-time weather records — Buckhannon, WV

Record high
100.0°F
September 3, 1953
Record low
-31.0°F
February 10, 1899
Wettest day
4.95 in
June 12, 2008

Climate change signal in Buckhannon

14.8%

of Buckhannon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (54 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1880s
·
·
1890s
27
26
1900s
33
20
1910s
33
35
1920s
8
15
1930s
23
19
1940s
19
28
1950s
46
36
1960s
16
69
1970s
17
43
1980s
26
39
1990s
20
19
2000s
33
6
2010s
36
11
2020s
29
·

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 1891, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1888-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 16, 1913 -29.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.07 in — Jan 26, 1902
February 84.9°F — Feb 2, 1937 -31.0°F — Feb 10, 1899 3.43 in — Feb 9, 1994
March 86.0°F — Mar 25, 1916 -13.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.72 in — Mar 6, 1967
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 2009 5.0°F — Apr 6, 1898 2.98 in — Apr 16, 2018
May 95.0°F — May 15, 1908 19.0°F — May 11, 1988 2.38 in — May 20, 1940
June 96.1°F — Jun 4, 1895 0.0°F — Jun 12, 1939 4.95 in — Jun 12, 2008
July 99.0°F — Jul 9, 1897 35.1°F — Jul 9, 1913 3.90 in — Jul 10, 1888
August 99.0°F — Aug 7, 1918 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 3.57 in — Aug 2, 2021
September 100.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1951 3.20 in — Sep 25, 1940
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 10.9°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.60 in — Oct 2, 1929
November 86.0°F — Nov 7, 1986 -2.0°F — Nov 29, 1930 3.26 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 79.0°F — Dec 7, 1951 -27.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.53 in — Dec 14, 1901

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