All-time weather records — Elk Garden, WV

Record high
104.0°F
July 8, 2012
Record low
-11.0°F
January 17, 2009
Wettest day
6.53 in
October 30, 2012

Climate change signal in Elk Garden

37.7%

of Elk Garden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (138 of 366 records since 2015).

33.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (123 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
50
67
2000s
102
116
2010s
145
132
2020s
69
51

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 72.0°F — Jan 5, 1997 -11.0°F — Jan 17, 2009 1.58 in — Jan 19, 1996
February 82.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -7.1°F — Feb 24, 2015 2.29 in — Feb 6, 2004
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 -2.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.69 in — Mar 1, 2012
April 96.1°F — Apr 28, 2009 18.0°F — Apr 4, 2013 1.79 in — Apr 20, 1998
May 99.0°F — May 20, 1996 28.0°F — May 10, 2020 4.17 in — May 14, 2025
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1996 3.46 in — Jun 18, 2009
July 104.0°F — Jul 8, 2012 45.0°F — Jul 1, 2010 2.28 in — Jul 27, 2001
August 102.9°F — Aug 14, 1999 43.0°F — Aug 29, 2025 3.63 in — Aug 9, 2024
September 102.0°F — Sep 3, 2010 30.9°F — Sep 20, 2020 5.12 in — Sep 7, 1996
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 24, 2003 6.53 in — Oct 30, 2012
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2024 10.9°F — Nov 22, 2014 1.75 in — Nov 2, 1997
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -2.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 1.92 in — Dec 1, 2010

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