All-time weather records — Fairmont, WV

Record high
108.0°F
August 8, 1918
Record low
-20.9°F
January 20, 1994
Wettest day
4.20 in
July 24, 1896

Climate change signal in Fairmont

4.1%

of Fairmont's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
·
·
1900s
15
32
1910s
75
59
1920s
44
30
1930s
118
39
1940s
29
28
1950s
13
16
1960s
6
20
1970s
13
45
1980s
15
61
1990s
5
18
2000s
14
12
2010s
12
6
2020s
7
·

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 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 30, 1914 -20.9°F — Jan 20, 1994 2.06 in — Jan 12, 1913
February 79.0°F — Feb 20, 2018 -11.9°F — Feb 7, 1907 3.19 in — Feb 19, 2000
March 91.0°F — Mar 25, 1945 -9.9°F — Mar 1, 1934 3.10 in — Mar 1, 2012
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 1915 10.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.17 in — Apr 12, 1948
May 100.0°F — May 20, 1911 24.1°F — May 6, 1910 2.98 in — May 28, 1984
June 102.9°F — Jun 6, 1925 35.1°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.27 in — Jun 15, 2025
July 105.1°F — Jul 4, 1911 42.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.20 in — Jul 24, 1896
August 108.0°F — Aug 8, 1918 30.9°F — Aug 12, 2012 3.49 in — Aug 18, 1980
September 100.9°F — Sep 2, 1932 28.9°F — Sep 24, 1983 3.21 in — Sep 30, 2016
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 1910 17.1°F — Oct 28, 1976 3.64 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 1933 1.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 3.66 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 75.0°F — Dec 7, 1951 -16.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.32 in — Dec 15, 1901

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