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Weather extremes

How extreme does Morgantown's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Morgantown has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Mgtn Rgnl-W L B Hart Fd Ap station 4 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Morgantown has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Jul 7, 2012

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Morgantown (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Jul 7, 2012
2 98°F Jun 29, 2012
3 98°F Jul 6, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
-19°F Jan 19, 1994

About 43°F colder than a normal January night in Morgantown (typical low near 24°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -19°F Jan 19, 1994
2 -13°F Jan 21, 1994
3 -9°F Jan 29, 2014
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.16 in May 17, 1995

More rain in a single day than Morgantown usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 4.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.16 in May 17, 1995
2 4.33 in Jul 19, 1996
3 3.44 in Jul 8, 2003

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 101°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Morgantown's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 101°F is about 16°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Morgantown's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as −19°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Mgtn Rgnl-w L B Hart FD AP, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →