All-time weather records — Summersville, WV

Record high
99.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.16 in
July 2, 1986

Climate change signal in Summersville

16.1%

of Summersville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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 #
1960s
12
24
1970s
110
138
1980s
83
86
1990s
34
47
2000s
40
16
2010s
64
38
2020s
23
17

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 1967, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1967-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 12, 2020 -20.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.65 in — Jan 28, 1998
February 78.1°F — Feb 27, 1977 -17.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.70 in — Feb 17, 2023
March 84.0°F — Mar 29, 2020 -9.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.20 in — Mar 1, 2021
April 91.9°F — Apr 29, 1986 14.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.40 in — Apr 16, 2018
May 89.1°F — May 15, 1974 27.0°F — May 10, 1977 2.93 in — May 30, 1982
June 93.0°F — Jun 27, 1973 33.1°F — Jun 8, 1977 5.05 in — Jun 24, 2016
July 99.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 41.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 5.16 in — Jul 2, 1986
August 96.1°F — Aug 17, 2007 39.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 2.49 in — Aug 24, 1986
September 91.9°F — Sep 1, 1973 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 2.47 in — Sep 20, 2013
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 2019 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1976 2.60 in — Oct 9, 1976
November 80.1°F — Nov 3, 2004 5.0°F — Nov 27, 1977 3.39 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 75.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -16.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.64 in — Dec 3, 1991

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