All-time weather records — Shinnston, WV

Record high
122.0°F
February 14, 2016
Record low
-20.0°F
January 14, 1948
Wettest day
3.07 in
August 12, 2001

Climate change signal in Shinnston

37.7%

of Shinnston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (138 of 366 records since 2015).

21.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (78 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 #
1930s
10
6
1940s
84
177
1990s
15
6
2000s
78
66
2010s
108
79
2020s
71
32

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 1939, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 11, 2020 -20.0°F — Jan 14, 1948 1.75 in — Jan 1, 2022
February 122.0°F — Feb 14, 2016 -6.9°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.72 in — Feb 18, 2000
March 86.0°F — Mar 28, 2020 -5.8°F — Mar 6, 2015 1.82 in — Mar 6, 1945
April 91.0°F — Apr 5, 2023 18.0°F — Apr 4, 1943 2.23 in — Apr 15, 2018
May 91.9°F — May 25, 2020 21.9°F — May 10, 1947 2.32 in — May 26, 2024
June 97.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 30.9°F — Jun 6, 1945 2.45 in — Jun 13, 2013
July 98.1°F — Jul 15, 2024 44.1°F — Jul 1, 1943 2.47 in — Jul 26, 2004
August 98.1°F — Aug 9, 1941 39.9°F — Aug 27, 1939 3.07 in — Aug 12, 2001
September 95.0°F — Sep 8, 1939 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1942 2.58 in — Sep 17, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 28, 1942 2.49 in — Oct 29, 2020
November 109.0°F — Nov 30, 2019 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1941 2.73 in — Nov 19, 2003
December 73.9°F — Dec 1, 2006 -14.1°F — Dec 21, 1942 2.55 in — Dec 13, 2007

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