All-time weather records — Montgomery, WV

Record high
114.1°F
August 3, 1988
Record low
-16.1°F
January 22, 1985
Wettest day
4.02 in
November 28, 1973

Climate change signal in Montgomery

7.1%

of Montgomery's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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 #
1930s
44
5
1940s
69
57
1950s
74
63
1960s
27
129
1970s
26
45
1980s
21
38
1990s
41
12
2000s
24
5
2010s
26
7
2020s
14
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 1936, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1934-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 -16.1°F — Jan 22, 1985 1.64 in — Jan 2, 2022
February 80.1°F — Feb 9, 1937 -9.0°F — Feb 21, 2015 2.25 in — Feb 17, 2023
March 100.0°F — Mar 10, 1985 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 1.97 in — Mar 7, 1967
April 91.9°F — Apr 14, 1988 18.0°F — Apr 18, 1951 2.97 in — Apr 12, 2024
May 95.0°F — May 30, 1991 28.0°F — May 3, 1961 2.50 in — May 6, 1996
June 106.0°F — Jun 15, 2005 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1961 3.36 in — Jun 25, 1984
July 100.9°F — Jul 15, 1954 43.0°F — Jul 27, 1962 3.28 in — Jul 21, 1954
August 114.1°F — Aug 3, 1988 39.9°F — Aug 25, 1984 3.30 in — Aug 2, 1945
September 100.0°F — Sep 4, 1953 36.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 3.10 in — Sep 7, 1996
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 2.80 in — Oct 28, 1937
November 84.9°F — Nov 6, 1948 3.9°F — Nov 11, 2006 4.02 in — Nov 28, 1973
December 79.0°F — Dec 8, 1951 -7.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.34 in — Dec 9, 1978

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