All-time weather records — Spencer, WV

Record high
105.1°F
July 26, 1934
Record low
-33.0°F
March 4, 1996
Wettest day
4.26 in
June 26, 1918

Climate change signal in Spencer

3.3%

of Spencer's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (12 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
65
23
1900s
40
54
1910s
59
68
1920s
20
13
1930s
58
20
1940s
22
25
1950s
17
9
1960s
9
33
1970s
18
14
1980s
22
53
1990s
11
31
2000s
8
12
2010s
12
11
2020s
5
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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 1892, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1892-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 29, 1914 -31.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.00 in — Jan 21, 1917
February 80.1°F — Feb 8, 1900 -22.0°F — Feb 6, 1996 2.10 in — Feb 18, 2000
March 90.0°F — Mar 26, 1929 -33.0°F — Mar 4, 1996 3.39 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 93.9°F — Apr 23, 1896 9.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.90 in — Apr 12, 2024
May 99.0°F — May 19, 1911 21.0°F — May 10, 1947 2.43 in — May 7, 2022
June 100.9°F — Jun 19, 1944 30.9°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.26 in — Jun 26, 1918
July 105.1°F — Jul 26, 1934 36.0°F — Jul 17, 1919 3.98 in — Jul 31, 1996
August 104.0°F — Aug 5, 1930 35.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.50 in — Aug 10, 1969
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 1932 24.1°F — Sep 23, 1918 3.00 in — Sep 1, 1910
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 15.1°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.31 in — Oct 21, 1985
November 86.0°F — Nov 20, 1900 -0.9°F — Nov 30, 1958 2.85 in — Nov 23, 2011
December 81.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.64 in — Dec 9, 1978

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