All-time weather records — West Jefferson, NC

Record high
98.1°F
August 21, 1925
Record low
-20.0°F
December 30, 1917
Wettest day
9.10 in
September 27, 2024

Climate change signal in West Jefferson

10.4%

of West Jefferson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
13
·
1900s
7
9
1910s
43
38
1920s
52
31
1930s
75
30
1940s
20
28
1950s
·
·
1960s
1
14
1970s
17
40
1980s
18
51
1990s
30
49
2000s
36
46
2010s
38
20
2020s
16
10

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 10, 1937 -15.0°F — Jan 10, 1970 4.80 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 77.0°F — Feb 28, 1918 -13.0°F — Feb 4, 1970 4.50 in — Feb 14, 1908
March 84.9°F — Mar 25, 1929 1.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.95 in — Mar 24, 1979
April 88.0°F — Apr 20, 1896 7.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.65 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 91.0°F — May 11, 1896 21.9°F — May 4, 1986 6.05 in — May 28, 1973
June 95.0°F — Jun 5, 1925 23.0°F — Jun 17, 1917 5.15 in — Jun 9, 2019
July 97.0°F — Jul 22, 1926 36.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 7.35 in — Jul 15, 1916
August 98.1°F — Aug 21, 1925 33.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 7.90 in — Aug 30, 1940
September 95.0°F — Sep 4, 1925 26.1°F — Sep 24, 1983 9.10 in — Sep 27, 2024
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 14.0°F — Oct 22, 1930 6.11 in — Oct 25, 1918
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 2003 -5.1°F — Nov 24, 1970 4.06 in — Nov 7, 1977
December 84.0°F — Dec 8, 1943 -20.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.18 in — Dec 2, 2010

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