All-time weather records — Fort Gay, WV

Record high
102.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
°F
January 1,
Wettest day
5.55 in
February 18, 2003

Climate change signal in Fort Gay

59.9%

of Fort Gay's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (218 of 364 records since 2015).

65.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (237 of 364 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
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2000s
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2010s
236
227
2020s
128
137

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 2010, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 30, 2013 — 2.50 in — Jan 23, 2006
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -18.9°F — Feb 20, 2015 5.55 in — Feb 18, 2003
March 89.1°F — Mar 21, 2012 -4.0°F — Mar 7, 2015 4.70 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 91.9°F — Apr 19, 2013 19.9°F — Apr 1, 2019 2.36 in — Apr 4, 2025
May 93.0°F — May 31, 2011 30.0°F — May 11, 2020 2.50 in — May 17, 2001
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 1, 2020 2.55 in — Jun 18, 2019
July 102.0°F — Jul 8, 2012 51.1°F — Jul 7, 2014 3.30 in — Jul 30, 2001
August 98.1°F — Aug 5, 2010 -99.0°F — Aug 31, 2015 4.56 in — Aug 25, 1999
September 97.0°F — Sep 16, 2019 37.9°F — Sep 28, 2022 2.57 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 25.0°F — Oct 28, 2013 2.90 in — Oct 19, 2004
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 2022 8.1°F — Nov 20, 2014 2.98 in — Nov 13, 2003
December 77.0°F — Dec 28, 2015 — 2.35 in — Dec 18, 2000

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