Wheeling, WV

West Virginia · Records since 1881–2026

🌙 56°F Feels like 53°
Currently in Wheeling
As of 10:15 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

90°F

September 26, 1934

+18° from 72° normal

❄ Record Low

30°F

September 26, 1963

-22° from 52° normal
🌞 Normal high: 72°F 🌑 Normal low: 52°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Wheeling

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 22, 1934
❄
-26°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 27, 1934
🌧
6.20"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 30, 1911
☃
24.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Nov 25, 1950

First & Last Dates — Wheeling

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
2019
105 days
Shortest growing season
1964
181 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 90°F September 26, 1934
2 90°F September 26, 1930
3 89°F September 26, 1973
4 89°F September 26, 1959
5 88°F September 26, 1900
6 87°F September 26, 2017
7 87°F September 26, 1970
8 87°F September 26, 1933
9 86°F September 26, 2007
10 86°F September 26, 1986

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 30°F September 26, 1963
2 31°F September 26, 1943
3 31°F September 26, 1940
4 31°F September 26, 1928
5 31°F September 26, 1922
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 1881–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Wheeling

threshold: 91°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.6
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
96°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
11
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1900–2026
8
2026 so far
20
Avg/year 1970–2025
12
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
56
Most in a year (1931)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Wheeling

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 26, 1931 – Aug 9, 1931 15 101°F (Aug 8) 96°F 62°F
2 Aug 8, 1988 – Aug 21, 1988 14 98°F (Aug 17) 94°F 68°F
3 Jul 16, 1930 – Jul 28, 1930 13 103°F (Jul 20) 97°F 58°F
4 Jul 7, 1936 – Jul 18, 1936 12 105°F (Jul 14) 98°F 59°F
5 Aug 24, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 12 103°F (Sep 2) 98°F 57°F
6 Jul 19, 1934 – Jul 28, 1934 10 106°F (Jul 22) 99°F 61°F
7 Jun 19, 1943 – Jun 28, 1943 10 98°F (Jun 24) 94°F 60°F
8 Jul 20, 1918 – Jul 29, 1918 10 97°F (Jul 21) 94°F 62°F
9 Jul 24, 1941 – Aug 1, 1941 9 100°F (Jul 27) 95°F 64°F
10 Jul 4, 1944 – Jul 12, 1944 9 97°F (Jul 11) 93°F 57°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

55
2026 total
above-normal nights
42.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
67
Most in a summer
1995

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 (1878–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1878, annual totals have trended +0.22" per decade, about +3.2" 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 Wheeling is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

135 of 265 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

34.39"
2026 YTD
Normal: 28.97"
+5.42"
5.12"
September so far
September normal: 3.21"
+1.91"
8
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Wheeling is 5.42" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 26 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
70.1°F
Average temperature
14th-warmest of 124
+2.5°
vs. average
Normal: 67.6°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1900–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.17° per decade (warming since 1900)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1879–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2016 72.8°F
2 2018 72.5°F
3 2024 71.9°F
4 1970 71.6°F
5 1973 71.3°F
6 1947 71.2°F
7 1961 71.1°F
8 1980 71.1°F
9 1921 70.7°F
10 1978 70.5°F

Coolest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1917 61.6°F
2 1918 62.4°F
3 1967 62.7°F
4 1924 62.9°F
5 1916 63.2°F
6 1963 63.4°F
7 1904 63.5°F
8 1913 63.7°F
9 1956 63.7°F
10 1928 63.9°F
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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