All-time weather records — Franklin, WV

Record high
100.9°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-17.0°F
January 27, 1987
Wettest day
9.44 in
August 31, 1942

Climate change signal in Franklin

0%

of Franklin'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 #
1900s
16
16
1910s
19
15
1940s
5
1
1950s
104
47
1960s
26
96
1970s
31
68
1980s
49
85
1990s
56
29
2000s
60
9

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 1906, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1906-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 -17.0°F — Jan 27, 1987 1.60 in — Jan 7, 1908
February 75.0°F — Feb 15, 1954 -13.0°F — Feb 7, 1907 2.05 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 88.0°F — Mar 23, 1907 -11.0°F — Mar 8, 1960 2.20 in — Mar 7, 1967
April 91.0°F — Apr 23, 1960 10.9°F — Apr 10, 1985 2.23 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1906 24.1°F — May 11, 1966 2.05 in — May 27, 1954
June 96.1°F — Jun 7, 2008 28.9°F — Jun 8, 1977 5.00 in — Jun 18, 1949
July 100.9°F — Jul 16, 1988 34.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.10 in — Jul 3, 1910
August 98.1°F — Aug 17, 1988 33.1°F — Aug 29, 1982 9.44 in — Aug 31, 1942
September 99.0°F — Sep 1, 1953 24.1°F — Sep 24, 1963 4.80 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 91.0°F — Oct 5, 1951 14.0°F — Oct 20, 1992 5.28 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 5.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 7.55 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 77.0°F — Dec 5, 2001 -16.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.93 in — Dec 29, 1967

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