All-time weather records — Elizabeth, WV

Record high
106.0°F
July 17, 1988
Record low
-29.9°F
January 20, 1994
Wettest day
4.44 in
August 10, 1969

Climate change signal in Elizabeth

0%

of Elizabeth'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 #
1890s
2
5
1900s
33
24
1910s
63
22
1920s
33
53
1930s
50
47
1940s
31
21
1950s
39
15
1960s
13
86
1970s
12
34
1980s
58
30
1990s
21
24
2000s
11
5

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 1894, the latest in 2003. Period of observation: 1894-2004.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 -29.9°F — Jan 20, 1994 2.38 in — Jan 22, 1999
February 80.1°F — Feb 27, 2000 -20.0°F — Feb 1, 1936 3.24 in — Feb 19, 2000
March 91.0°F — Mar 25, 1929 -6.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 2.72 in — Mar 6, 1967
April 95.0°F — Apr 26, 1915 9.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.55 in — Apr 19, 1901
May 100.0°F — May 29, 1914 21.0°F — May 2, 1978 2.90 in — May 12, 1905
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 1901 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.49 in — Jun 2, 1946
July 106.0°F — Jul 17, 1988 42.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.26 in — Jul 24, 1983
August 105.1°F — Aug 4, 1930 9.0°F — Aug 3, 1927 4.44 in — Aug 10, 1969
September 104.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 28.9°F — Sep 24, 1983 2.64 in — Sep 7, 1996
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 1927 12.9°F — Oct 22, 1930 3.52 in — Oct 1, 1915
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 1961 -0.9°F — Nov 29, 1930 2.64 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 80.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -18.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 3.58 in — Dec 9, 1978

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