All-time weather records — Dunbar, WV

Record high
102.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-17.0°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
3.33 in
November 13, 2003

Climate change signal in Dunbar

35.8%

of Dunbar's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (131 of 366 records since 2015).

26.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (98 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
51
71
2000s
122
139
2010s
127
108
2020s
66
48

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 12, 2020 -9.0°F — Jan 30, 2014 1.97 in — Jan 23, 2016
February 82.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -17.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.90 in — Feb 17, 2023
March 87.1°F — Mar 29, 2020 0.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.65 in — Mar 1, 2021
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 2009 19.0°F — Apr 10, 1997 2.69 in — Apr 12, 2024
May 91.9°F — May 28, 2012 28.0°F — May 22, 2002 2.71 in — May 28, 2004
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 2, 2003 2.16 in — Jun 8, 2025
July 100.9°F — Jul 8, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 2, 2010 2.84 in — Jul 21, 2010
August 102.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1999 2.16 in — Aug 15, 2022
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 2011 36.0°F — Sep 30, 2003 2.48 in — Sep 27, 2009
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 23, 1997 2.17 in — Oct 21, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 2024 10.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.33 in — Nov 13, 2003
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -2.9°F — Dec 21, 2004 2.40 in — Dec 1, 2010

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