All-time weather records — Terra Alta, WV

Record high
95.0°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-25.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
3.85 in
July 4, 1982

Climate change signal in Terra Alta

7.7%

of Terra Alta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

8.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (30 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
11
17
1950s
16
32
1960s
43
96
1970s
70
74
1980s
67
62
1990s
53
23
2000s
47
15
2010s
59
47

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 1948, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1948-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 25, 1950 -25.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 1.78 in — Jan 20, 2019
February 73.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 -11.9°F — Feb 4, 1996 3.35 in — Feb 9, 1994
March 81.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 -9.0°F — Mar 9, 1966 3.25 in — Mar 1, 2012
April 88.0°F — Apr 18, 1976 8.1°F — Apr 10, 2016 2.00 in — Apr 5, 1984
May 88.0°F — May 15, 1974 17.1°F — May 11, 1966 2.81 in — May 24, 1968
June 91.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 2.80 in — Jun 23, 1972
July 95.0°F — Jul 16, 1988 39.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.85 in — Jul 4, 1982
August 93.9°F — Aug 17, 1988 34.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 3.40 in — Aug 21, 2007
September 89.1°F — Sep 2, 2010 28.0°F — Sep 17, 1966 3.13 in — Sep 7, 1996
October 84.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 8.1°F — Oct 30, 1965 2.28 in — Oct 21, 1985
November 78.1°F — Nov 4, 2003 -0.9°F — Nov 26, 1950 2.95 in — Nov 5, 1985
December 72.0°F — Dec 10, 1966 -22.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 1.96 in — Dec 9, 1978

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