All-time weather records — Ripley, WV

Record high
107.1°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-27.9°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
6.80 in
June 28, 1998

Climate change signal in Ripley

10.1%

of Ripley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1940s
59
34
1950s
62
53
1960s
36
107
1970s
49
45
1980s
72
86
1990s
16
16
2000s
23
7
2010s
32
16
2020s
17
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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 12, 2020 -27.9°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.00 in — Jan 8, 1944
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -17.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.54 in — Feb 19, 2000
March 89.1°F — Mar 21, 1952 -11.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.00 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1985 10.9°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.00 in — Apr 19, 1943
May 97.0°F — May 19, 1962 23.0°F — May 1, 1945 5.55 in — May 16, 1985
June 102.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 0.0°F — Jun 19, 1994 6.80 in — Jun 28, 1998
July 107.1°F — Jul 16, 1988 39.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.16 in — Jul 18, 2001
August 102.9°F — Aug 17, 1988 35.1°F — Aug 29, 1965 4.40 in — Aug 4, 1963
September 102.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 27.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 3.46 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 14.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.00 in — Oct 21, 1985
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1946 0.0°F — Nov 30, 1958 2.30 in — Nov 1, 1972
December 82.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.79 in — Dec 15, 1948

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