All-time weather records — Wheeling, WV

Record high
102.9°F
July 16, 1988
Record low
-16.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
5.67 in
September 18, 2004

Climate change signal in Wheeling

24.9%

of Wheeling's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (91 of 366 records since 2015).

23.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (86 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 #
1980s
44
48
1990s
105
108
2000s
87
76
2010s
86
86
2020s
44
48

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 1988, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1987-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 12, 2020 -16.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.15 in — Jan 12, 2018
February 78.1°F — Feb 21, 2018 -8.0°F — Feb 15, 2015 2.45 in — Feb 1, 1988
March 84.9°F — Mar 24, 2012 1.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.06 in — Mar 29, 2020
April 90.0°F — Apr 28, 1990 19.9°F — Apr 5, 1995 2.10 in — Apr 12, 2024
May 91.9°F — May 31, 2006 30.0°F — May 11, 2020 2.21 in — May 30, 1998
June 99.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 2, 2003 2.74 in — Jun 19, 1996
July 102.9°F — Jul 16, 1988 48.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.74 in — Jul 20, 1988
August 99.0°F — Aug 14, 2005 48.0°F — Aug 22, 2024 3.53 in — Aug 18, 2015
September 95.0°F — Sep 3, 2011 37.0°F — Sep 23, 1995 5.67 in — Sep 18, 2004
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 26.1°F — Oct 28, 1988 1.95 in — Oct 7, 2019
November 81.0°F — Nov 3, 2016 14.0°F — Nov 25, 2005 1.85 in — Nov 6, 2017
December 73.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -9.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.23 in — Dec 1, 2010

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