All-time weather records — Gassaway, WV

Record high
105.1°F
September 3, 1953
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
4.30 in
November 4, 1985

Climate change signal in Gassaway

7.9%

of Gassaway's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1950s
96
71
1960s
34
99
1970s
32
63
1980s
96
74
1990s
35
21
2000s
29
6
2010s
30
22
2020s
14
10

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 1951, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1918-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 1, 1985 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.30 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 80.1°F — Feb 21, 2018 -14.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.00 in — Feb 14, 1970
March 88.0°F — Mar 25, 1954 -2.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.90 in — Mar 1, 1997
April 91.0°F — Apr 21, 1985 17.1°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.60 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 95.0°F — May 30, 1987 25.0°F — May 2, 1963 3.57 in — May 7, 1994
June 99.0°F — Jun 24, 1952 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.35 in — Jun 19, 2011
July 102.0°F — Jul 17, 1988 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.00 in — Jul 31, 1996
August 102.0°F — Aug 30, 1953 39.9°F — Aug 29, 1965 3.52 in — Aug 20, 2021
September 105.1°F — Sep 3, 1953 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1951 3.76 in — Sep 13, 1971
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 14.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 2.40 in — Oct 7, 2019
November 84.0°F — Nov 18, 1958 5.0°F — Nov 30, 1958 4.30 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1951 -9.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 2.25 in — Dec 26, 2015

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