All-time weather records — Rowlesburg, WV

Record high
100.9°F
September 3, 1953
Record low
-20.9°F
January 20, 1994
Wettest day
4.71 in
August 12, 1961

Climate change signal in Rowlesburg

2.7%

of Rowlesburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1880s
·
·
1890s
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
94
29
1950s
105
65
1960s
30
85
1970s
27
86
1980s
27
44
1990s
36
21
2000s
28
17
2010s
19
19

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 1942, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1884-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 -20.9°F — Jan 20, 1994 2.25 in — Jan 22, 1917
February 79.0°F — Feb 25, 2017 -18.9°F — Feb 6, 1996 2.95 in — Feb 20, 1924
March 84.9°F — Mar 24, 2012 -5.1°F — Mar 2, 1978 3.05 in — Mar 5, 1963
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1957 12.0°F — Apr 10, 1972 1.91 in — Apr 9, 1980
May 91.9°F — May 31, 2006 21.9°F — May 2, 1996 3.23 in — May 24, 1968
June 98.1°F — Jun 21, 1953 32.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 3.01 in — Jun 17, 1918
July 98.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 39.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.06 in — Jul 25, 1912
August 98.1°F — Aug 18, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 25, 1971 4.71 in — Aug 12, 1961
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 1953 8.1°F — Sep 12, 1995 2.85 in — Sep 13, 1971
October 93.0°F — Oct 11, 1949 10.9°F — Oct 21, 1952 4.01 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 99.0°F — Nov 3, 1946 0.0°F — Nov 21, 1951 4.57 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1951 -13.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.97 in — Dec 16, 1948

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