All-time weather records — Charles Town, WV

Record high
111.9°F
July 11, 1936
Record low
-18.9°F
January 14, 1912
Wettest day
6.18 in
September 24, 1912

Climate change signal in Charles Town

6.3%

of Charles Town's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1890s
13
23
1900s
11
39
1910s
27
23
1920s
44
44
1930s
69
26
1940s
43
29
1950s
20
28
1960s
16
56
1970s
27
22
1980s
20
31
1990s
31
11
2000s
15
18
2010s
19
13
2020s
11
3

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 14, 1932 -18.9°F — Jan 14, 1912 2.35 in — Jan 5, 1914
February 82.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 -13.0°F — Feb 10, 1899 2.91 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 90.0°F — Mar 23, 1907 -2.9°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.07 in — Mar 27, 1913
April 100.9°F — Apr 24, 1925 19.0°F — Apr 1, 1969 4.00 in — Apr 26, 1937
May 100.0°F — May 21, 1934 26.1°F — May 11, 1966 5.10 in — May 22, 1901
June 109.9°F — Jun 1, 1925 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 3.70 in — Jun 3, 1915
July 111.9°F — Jul 11, 1936 39.0°F — Jul 10, 1924 3.07 in — Jul 2, 1981
August 108.0°F — Aug 5, 1930 37.9°F — Aug 22, 1925 4.58 in — Aug 31, 1911
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1932 28.9°F — Sep 21, 1956 6.18 in — Sep 24, 1912
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 1927 17.1°F — Oct 24, 1969 4.15 in — Oct 15, 1942
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1974 6.1°F — Nov 16, 1908 3.33 in — Nov 7, 1997
December 78.1°F — Dec 5, 2001 -11.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.75 in — Dec 1, 1974

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