All-time weather records — Lester, WV

Record high
102.9°F
July 21, 1926
Record low
-23.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.31 in
July 27, 2001

Climate change signal in Lester

4.6%

of Lester's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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
12
13
1900s
31
16
1910s
68
31
1920s
41
14
1930s
69
44
1940s
25
34
1950s
32
48
1960s
12
45
1970s
25
53
1980s
14
30
1990s
4
10
2000s
11
7
2010s
18
16
2020s
4
5

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -23.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.44 in — Jan 2, 2022
February 75.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 -22.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.68 in — Feb 17, 2023
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 2020 -9.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.99 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 88.0°F — Apr 18, 1976 8.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.70 in — Apr 11, 1915
May 91.9°F — May 22, 1941 21.0°F — May 10, 1923 3.02 in — May 31, 2004
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 1936 28.9°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.59 in — Jun 28, 1932
July 102.9°F — Jul 21, 1926 37.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 5.31 in — Jul 27, 2001
August 102.9°F — Aug 11, 1926 33.1°F — Aug 20, 1940 5.00 in — Aug 6, 1926
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 1932 23.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 4.57 in — Sep 29, 1964
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 9.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 3.37 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1971 -0.9°F — Nov 23, 1937 2.17 in — Nov 26, 1999
December 75.0°F — Dec 1, 1909 -22.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.21 in — Dec 15, 1948

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