All-time weather records — Princeton, WV

Record high
90.0°F
August 11, 1900
Record low
-8.0°F
February 7, 1912
Wettest day
5.78 in
July 30, 2018

Climate change signal in Princeton

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of Princeton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

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of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1900s
296
217
1910s
70
149
1940s
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1950s
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
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2020s
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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 1900, the latest in 1914. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 7, 1913 -4.0°F — Jan 10, 1908 5.00 in — Jan 22, 1906
February 64.9°F — Mar 1, 1904 -8.0°F — Feb 7, 1912 3.00 in — Feb 28, 1902
March 79.0°F — Mar 28, 1907 1.9°F — Mar 2, 1914 4.00 in — Mar 26, 1913
April 82.0°F — Apr 28, 1914 15.1°F — Apr 2, 1907 3.10 in — Apr 19, 1901
May 87.1°F — May 4, 1902 24.1°F — May 12, 1913 3.50 in — May 21, 1901
June 89.1°F — Jun 28, 1907 34.0°F — Jun 11, 1913 4.20 in — Jun 28, 1995
July 89.1°F — Jul 16, 1900 43.0°F — Jul 17, 1902 5.78 in — Jul 30, 2018
August 90.0°F — Aug 11, 1900 41.0°F — Aug 23, 1909 3.28 in — Aug 16, 1949
September 90.0°F — Sep 10, 1900 28.9°F — Sep 30, 1908 3.10 in — Sep 29, 1945
October 81.0°F — Oct 7, 1900 17.1°F — Oct 29, 1909 2.97 in — Oct 2, 1977
November 73.0°F — Nov 13, 1902 1.9°F — Nov 29, 1912 3.50 in — Nov 25, 1900
December 64.9°F — Dec 19, 1913 -4.0°F — Dec 30, 1909 3.00 in — Dec 2, 1905

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