All-time weather records — Moorefield, WV

Record high
111.9°F
August 4, 1930
Record low
-27.0°F
January 28, 1925
Wettest day
5.65 in
October 16, 1954

Climate change signal in Moorefield

1.6%

of Moorefield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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
15
23
1900s
41
75
1910s
34
44
1920s
73
54
1930s
54
26
1940s
10
4
1950s
29
24
1960s
1
12
1970s
19
30
1980s
25
29
1990s
30
17
2000s
17
15
2010s
18
13

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 1892, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1892-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 13, 1932 -27.0°F — Jan 28, 1925 2.00 in — Jan 7, 1908
February 86.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -25.1°F — Feb 10, 1899 2.00 in — Feb 4, 1932
March 93.0°F — Mar 29, 1907 -9.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.00 in — Mar 24, 1933
April 98.1°F — Apr 11, 1930 12.0°F — Apr 6, 1898 3.00 in — Apr 16, 1929
May 98.1°F — May 21, 1996 25.0°F — May 6, 1910 2.75 in — May 13, 1932
June 105.1°F — Jun 17, 1952 28.9°F — Jun 1, 1930 3.87 in — Jun 16, 1910
July 109.0°F — Jul 26, 1930 39.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.10 in — Jul 9, 1904
August 111.9°F — Aug 4, 1930 37.9°F — Aug 23, 1925 2.88 in — Aug 16, 1971
September 106.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 27.0°F — Sep 28, 1957 4.53 in — Sep 29, 1896
October 102.0°F — Oct 2, 1919 12.9°F — Oct 22, 1930 5.65 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 90.0°F — Nov 6, 1982 -0.9°F — Nov 29, 1930 2.83 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -26.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 1.93 in — Dec 11, 1992

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