All-time weather records — Elkins, WV

Record high
99.0°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-24.0°F
January 20, 1984
Wettest day
5.02 in
November 4, 1985

Climate change signal in Elkins

15.3%

of Elkins's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1920s
12
10
1930s
71
28
1940s
40
32
1950s
35
38
1960s
14
66
1970s
21
65
1980s
23
63
1990s
36
38
2000s
31
10
2010s
52
14
2020s
31
2

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 1926, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1926-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -24.0°F — Jan 20, 1984 2.22 in — Jan 1, 2022
February 77.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -22.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.75 in — Feb 4, 1932
March 86.0°F — Mar 25, 1929 -15.0°F — Mar 2, 1978 3.32 in — Mar 17, 1936
April 89.1°F — Apr 2, 2010 3.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 2.40 in — Apr 3, 2024
May 93.0°F — May 19, 1996 19.9°F — May 3, 1978 3.35 in — May 16, 1996
June 96.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 25.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 3.62 in — Jun 8, 1947
July 99.0°F — Jul 16, 1988 32.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.71 in — Jul 8, 1935
August 95.0°F — Aug 22, 1936 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 3.32 in — Aug 28, 2013
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1942 2.88 in — Sep 29, 2016
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 10.9°F — Oct 21, 1952 4.17 in — Oct 2, 1929
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 2004 -8.0°F — Nov 29, 1930 5.02 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 75.9°F — Dec 7, 1951 -24.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.26 in — Dec 6, 2013

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