Beckley, WV

West Virginia · Records since 1896–2026

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Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

75°F

November 12, 1917

+21° from 54° normal

❄ Record Low

14°F

November 12, 1950

-22° from 36° normal
🌞 Normal high: 54°F 🌑 Normal low: 36°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 — November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 75°F November 12, 1917
2 75°F November 12, 1909
3 74°F November 12, 1938
4 72°F November 12, 1949
5 72°F November 12, 1945
6 71°F November 12, 1931
7 70°F November 12, 1916
8 70°F November 12, 1915
9 70°F November 12, 1914
10 69°F November 12, 2010

Top 5 Record Lows — November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 14°F November 12, 1950
2 15°F November 12, 2019
3 15°F November 12, 1953
4 15°F November 12, 1943
5 15°F November 12, 1923
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
6
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

199 of 314 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

42.10"
2026 YTD
Normal: 38.36"
+3.74"
0.22"
November so far
November normal: 2.80"
-2.58"
11
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 3.74" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Nov 1 – Nov 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)
52.9°F
Average temperature
17th-warmest of 117
+6.6°
vs. average
Normal: 46.3°F (1991–2020)
0.22"
Precipitation
25th-driest of 116
-0.62"
vs. average
Normal: 0.84" · 26% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 10

1897–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.18° per decade (warming since 1897)

Precipitation by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 10

1897–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.01" per decade (drier since 1897)

Warmest Nov 1 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1975 58.7°F
2 1977 58.6°F
3 2022 57.7°F
4 2024 56.9°F
5 1946 55.9°F
6 1909 55.8°F
7 2015 55.4°F
8 1994 55.1°F
9 2003 54.7°F
10 1948 54.0°F

Coolest Nov 1 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1954 33.0°F
2 1951 33.0°F
3 1991 34.1°F
4 1976 35.0°F
5 1939 36.9°F
6 1955 37.1°F
7 1953 37.7°F
8 1967 38.4°F
9 1973 38.6°F
10 1993 38.7°F

Wettest Nov 1 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1907 3.70"
2 1985 3.15"
3 1912 3.00"
4 1986 2.56"
5 1913 2.50"
6 1963 2.46"
7 1995 2.34"
8 1934 2.17"
9 1951 2.17"
10 2018 1.99"

Driest Nov 1 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1964 0.00"
2 1953 0.00"
3 1924 0.00"
4 1922 0.00"
5 1918 0.00"
6 1917 0.00"
7 1916 0.00"
8 1915 0.00"
9 1908 0.00"
10 1906 0.00"
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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