All-time weather records — Romney, WV

Record high
109.0°F
August 6, 1918
Record low
-20.0°F
January 14, 1912
Wettest day
6.00 in
September 6, 1996

Climate change signal in Romney

5.5%

of Romney's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
2
5
1900s
27
34
1910s
45
33
1920s
39
36
1930s
81
48
1940s
31
34
1950s
15
19
1960s
8
61
1970s
20
21
1980s
25
17
1990s
21
14
2000s
22
34
2010s
21
8
2020s
9
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 1898, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1870-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 14, 1932 -20.0°F — Jan 14, 1912 2.26 in — Jan 8, 1908
February 84.9°F — Feb 12, 1932 -20.0°F — Feb 8, 1936 2.28 in — Feb 6, 2010
March 93.9°F — Mar 30, 1907 -4.0°F — Mar 1, 1934 5.00 in — Mar 17, 1936
April 100.9°F — Apr 26, 1915 7.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.60 in — Apr 26, 1937
May 100.9°F — May 8, 1930 10.9°F — May 5, 2005 3.58 in — May 8, 1960
June 104.0°F — Jun 6, 1930 28.9°F — Jun 20, 2004 3.40 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 107.1°F — Jul 23, 1926 37.9°F — Jul 18, 2004 3.59 in — Jul 25, 1904
August 109.0°F — Aug 6, 1918 21.9°F — Aug 2, 1899 4.40 in — Aug 25, 1937
September 104.0°F — Sep 2, 1932 24.1°F — Sep 29, 1942 6.00 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 1927 12.9°F — Oct 24, 1969 3.65 in — Oct 2, 1929
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -0.9°F — Nov 29, 1930 3.00 in — Nov 16, 1920
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -15.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 2.30 in — Dec 12, 2008

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