All-time weather records — Cowen, WV

Record high
95.0°F
June 11, 1999
Record low
-25.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
3.95 in
July 20, 1996

Climate change signal in Cowen

0%

of Cowen's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1990s
251
265
2000s
115
101

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 1990, the latest in 2006. Period of observation: 1990-2006.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 3, 2000 -25.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.50 in — Jan 7, 1995
February 77.0°F — Feb 1, 2002 -20.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.25 in — Feb 9, 1994
March 84.9°F — Mar 31, 1998 -2.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 3.14 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 89.1°F — Apr 24, 2001 12.0°F — Apr 1, 1991 2.88 in — Apr 28, 2002
May 91.9°F — May 20, 1996 21.9°F — May 2, 1997 3.12 in — May 8, 2002
June 95.0°F — Jun 11, 1999 35.1°F — Jun 2, 2003 2.74 in — Jun 23, 2001
July 95.0°F — Jul 16, 1995 42.1°F — Jul 4, 1996 3.95 in — Jul 20, 1996
August 93.9°F — Aug 1, 1999 41.0°F — Aug 31, 1999 2.71 in — Aug 12, 1992
September 93.0°F — Sep 1, 1993 30.0°F — Sep 28, 1991 2.76 in — Sep 18, 2004
October 86.0°F — Oct 4, 2005 19.0°F — Oct 20, 1992 1.82 in — Oct 15, 2003
November 84.0°F — Nov 5, 2003 3.9°F — Nov 25, 2005 2.40 in — Nov 13, 2003
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -2.9°F — Dec 26, 2000 2.40 in — Dec 6, 1997

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