Every state’s recordsWest Virginia Weather Records
8 official all-time records
The official all-time extremes for West Virginia, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 112°F at Martinsburg to -37°F at Lewisburg.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| -37°F | December 30, 1917 | Lewisburg | 465224 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 12.02 inches | June 18, 1949 | Brushy Run | 461204 | NA |
It is widely accepted that the greatest precipitation in a 24 hr period for West Virginia was an estimated 19.00 inches that reportedly fell in 2 hrs and 10 minutes on July 18, 1889 at Rockport during a cloudburst that caused Tygart Creek to rise 22 feet in one hour. However, this value has not been confirmed.
Maximum Annual Precipitation Total
The 35.0 inches of snowfall reported at Flat Top fell from 10 AM on January 27th to 10 AM on January 28th, 1998. Observation-time values for each day are 30.0 and 8.0 inches, respectively.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 62 inches | March 8, 1978 | Snowshoe | 468308 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |