Bluefield, WV

West Virginia · Records since 1909–2026

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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

94°F

September 11, 1925

+20° from 74° normal

❄ Record Low

37°F

September 11, 1917

-19° from 56° normal
🌞 Normal high: 74°F 🌑 Normal low: 56°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Bluefield

🔥
99°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 9, 1957
❄
-25°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 30, 1917
🌧
3.90"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 2, 1929
☃
18.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 3, 1942

First & Last Dates — Bluefield

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)
235 days
Longest growing season
1978
111 days
Shortest growing season
1917
190 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 94°F September 11, 1925
2 90°F September 11, 2019
3 89°F September 11, 1931
4 86°F September 11, 1936
5 85°F September 11, 1983
6 85°F September 11, 1957
7 85°F September 11, 1933
8 85°F September 11, 1915
9 85°F September 11, 1912
10 84°F September 11, 1953

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 37°F September 11, 1917
2 40°F September 11, 1943
3 40°F September 11, 1924
4 41°F September 11, 1956
5 42°F September 11, 1949
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 1909–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Bluefield

threshold: 87°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.2
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
91°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
1
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1909–2026
1
2026 so far
6
Avg/year 1970–2025
5
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
24
Most in a year (1952)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Bluefield

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 13, 1918 – Jul 3, 1918 21 96°F (Jun 21) 89°F 46°F
2 Jul 12, 1952 – Jul 30, 1952 19 99°F (Jul 28) 92°F 60°F
3 Aug 8, 1988 – Aug 19, 1988 12 95°F (Aug 17) 90°F 66°F
4 Aug 25, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 11 97°F (Aug 29) 92°F 55°F
5 Jul 27, 1953 – Aug 4, 1953 9 94°F (Jul 29) 91°F 60°F
6 Jun 14, 1952 – Jun 22, 1952 9 93°F (Jun 16) 90°F 61°F
7 Jul 23, 1949 – Jul 31, 1949 9 92°F (Jul 29) 89°F 63°F
8 Jun 22, 1914 – Jun 29, 1914 8 95°F (Jun 27) 92°F 65°F
9 Jul 25, 1940 – Aug 1, 1940 8 90°F (Jul 26) 89°F 65°F
10 Aug 8, 1957 – Aug 14, 1957 7 99°F (Aug 9) 90°F 56°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

66
2026 total
above-normal nights
56.9
Avg / summer
1970–2020
82
Most in a summer
2010

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 (1909–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1909, annual totals have trended +0.29" per decade, about +3.3" 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 Bluefield is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

144 of 243 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

32.31"
2026 YTD
Normal: 30.66"
+1.65"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 3.24"
-3.24"
5
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Bluefield is 1.65" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
55.7°F
Average temperature
14th-warmest of 113
+2.0°
vs. average
Normal: 53.7°F (1991–2020)
8.64"
Precipitation
20th-driest of 102
-3.44"
vs. average
Normal: 12.08" · 72% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1909–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1909–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.23" per decade (wetter since 1909)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 60.0°F
2 1977 59.8°F
3 2004 57.0°F
4 2007 56.7°F
5 1945 56.6°F
6 2010 56.5°F
7 2015 56.5°F
8 1921 56.5°F
9 1948 56.4°F
10 1985 56.2°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1960 45.1°F
2 1961 48.9°F
3 1971 49.2°F
4 1981 49.8°F
5 1975 50.0°F
6 1992 50.1°F
7 1983 50.1°F
8 1972 50.1°F
9 1958 50.1°F
10 1980 50.2°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2020 19.07"
2 1935 18.37"
3 1955 15.56"
4 2011 15.42"
5 1975 15.08"
6 1958 15.06"
7 2017 14.99"
8 1996 14.76"
9 2012 14.64"
10 1912 14.61"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1925 5.11"
2 1930 5.50"
3 1969 5.68"
4 1916 5.89"
5 1914 5.89"
6 1939 6.57"
7 1986 6.87"
8 1947 6.87"
9 1915 6.94"
10 1957 6.98"
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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