Beckley, WV

West Virginia · Records since 1896–2026

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Currently in Beckley
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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

92°F

September 11, 1931

+16° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

34°F

September 11, 1940

-23° from 57° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 57°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Beckley

🔥
103°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 11, 1926
❄
-22°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
5.00"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 6, 1926
☃
27.7"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 13, 1993

First & Last Dates — Beckley

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
212 days
Longest growing season
2016
107 days
Shortest growing season
1916
172 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 92°F September 11, 1931
2 91°F September 11, 2019
3 90°F September 11, 1925
4 88°F September 11, 1964
5 88°F September 11, 1913
6 87°F September 11, 1983
7 86°F September 11, 1936
8 85°F September 11, 1906
9 85°F September 11, 1897
10 84°F September 11, 1961

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 34°F September 11, 1940
2 36°F September 11, 1943
3 36°F September 11, 1917
4 37°F September 11, 1958
5 37°F September 11, 1902
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1896–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Beckley

threshold: 87°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
91°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
5
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1896–2026
6
2026 so far
7
Avg/year 1970–2025
4
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
49
Most in a year (1931)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Beckley

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 19, 1931 – Aug 16, 1931 59 94°F (Jul 2) 90°F 61°F
2 Aug 25, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 11 97°F (Sep 2) 93°F 51°F
3 Jul 8, 1936 – Jul 18, 1936 11 96°F (Jul 10) 92°F 64°F
4 Aug 9, 1988 – Aug 19, 1988 11 96°F (Aug 17) 90°F 65°F
5 Jul 18, 1934 – Jul 28, 1934 11 94°F (Jul 21) 91°F 63°F
6 Jul 20, 1952 – Jul 30, 1952 11 93°F (Jul 28) 90°F 60°F
7 Jul 23, 1896 – Aug 1, 1896 10 96°F (Jul 29) 91°F 62°F
8 Sep 10, 1931 – Sep 19, 1931 10 92°F (Sep 11) 90°F 60°F
9 Aug 9, 1926 – Aug 17, 1926 9 103°F (Aug 11) 97°F 68°F
10 Aug 26, 1932 – Sep 3, 1932 9 97°F (Sep 2) 91°F 61°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

67
2026 total
above-normal nights
43.0
Avg / summer
1970–2020
76
Most in a summer
1906

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +1.36" per decade, about +17.9" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Beckley is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

154 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

35.33"
2026 YTD
Normal: 32.57"
+2.76"
0.58"
September so far
September normal: 3.20"
-2.62"
9
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Beckley is 2.76" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 10 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
75.7°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 121
+8.0°
vs. average
Normal: 67.6°F (1991–2020)
0.58"
Precipitation
51st-driest of 118
-0.71"
vs. average
Normal: 1.29" · 45% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 10

1896–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.06° per decade (warming since 1896)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 10

1896–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.04" per decade (wetter since 1896)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 75.7°F
2 2007 74.4°F
3 1941 74.3°F
4 1906 73.4°F
5 2018 72.8°F
6 2015 72.5°F
7 1900 72.5°F
8 1921 72.0°F
9 1961 71.6°F
10 2019 71.6°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1940 57.2°F
2 1924 58.3°F
3 1967 58.7°F
4 2017 59.3°F
5 1897 59.6°F
6 1988 60.6°F
7 1972 60.7°F
8 1974 60.7°F
9 2025 61.2°F
10 1994 61.3°F

Wettest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2018 5.20"
2 2011 4.34"
3 1981 4.14"
4 2000 3.93"
5 2023 3.81"
6 2003 3.40"
7 1909 3.11"
8 1922 2.95"
9 1953 2.87"
10 1996 2.59"

Driest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2005 0.00"
2 2002 0.00"
3 1964 0.00"
4 1955 0.00"
5 1954 0.00"
6 1912 0.00"
7 1908 0.00"
8 1900 0.00"
9 1896 0.00"
10 1983 0.01"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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