All-time weather records — Hillsboro, WV

Record high
98.1°F
July 5, 2012
Record low
-26.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
3.68 in
November 5, 1985

Climate change signal in Hillsboro

11.2%

of Hillsboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1950s
·
·
1960s
77
136
1970s
48
103
1980s
63
67
1990s
37
23
2000s
65
11
2010s
68
24
2020s
8
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 1960, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1952-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 -26.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.34 in — Jan 25, 2010
February 72.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -17.0°F — Feb 6, 1996 2.46 in — Feb 21, 1953
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 2020 -9.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.16 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 91.0°F — Apr 24, 1985 9.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.27 in — Apr 26, 1989
May 95.0°F — May 20, 1996 18.0°F — May 1, 1971 2.94 in — May 16, 2014
June 97.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 28.9°F — Jun 11, 1972 3.09 in — Jun 24, 2016
July 98.1°F — Jul 5, 2012 37.0°F — Jul 27, 1962 2.95 in — Jul 5, 1972
August 95.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 36.0°F — Aug 28, 1968 3.40 in — Aug 31, 1984
September 93.0°F — Sep 9, 1964 23.0°F — Sep 25, 1963 2.76 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 88.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 3.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 3.65 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 78.1°F — Nov 5, 2003 -7.1°F — Nov 26, 1971 3.68 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 72.0°F — Dec 5, 1982 -18.9°F — Dec 23, 1960 2.64 in — Dec 3, 1991

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