All-time weather records — Smithfield, WV

Record high
102.9°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-34.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.25 in
February 21, 1947

Climate change signal in Smithfield

10.9%

of Smithfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (40 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
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1950s
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1960s
·
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1970s
·
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1980s
76
187
1990s
149
114
2000s
68
37
2010s
73
28

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 1980, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1946-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 22, 1999 -34.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.05 in — Jan 11, 1974
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 2000 -20.9°F — Feb 4, 1996 5.25 in — Feb 21, 1947
March 88.0°F — Mar 30, 1998 -13.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 2.40 in — Mar 20, 1963
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1986 12.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 2.72 in — Apr 12, 1948
May 93.9°F — May 19, 1996 25.0°F — May 3, 1986 3.04 in — May 24, 1968
June 97.0°F — Jun 18, 1994 25.0°F — Jun 22, 1992 2.92 in — Jun 27, 1978
July 102.9°F — Jul 16, 1988 32.0°F — Jul 7, 1992 3.02 in — Jul 31, 1978
August 100.0°F — Aug 2, 1991 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.40 in — Aug 5, 1968
September 98.1°F — Sep 6, 1998 21.9°F — Sep 23, 1992 3.57 in — Sep 17, 2004
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 14.0°F — Oct 20, 1992 3.01 in — Oct 16, 1954
November 82.0°F — Nov 3, 2016 3.9°F — Nov 22, 2014 4.29 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 75.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -24.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.18 in — Dec 2, 1991

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