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Wheeling, WV

40.170°N, 80.644°W · station HLGthr · 146 years of record
59°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Wheeling.
71°WED9/272°THU9/369°FRI9/465°SAT9/560°SUN9/660°MON9/759°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Wheeling — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#74 / 125
coldest Sep 8 in 125 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

35°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 8 ever

72°F
set in 2016
Forecast low 59°F — 74th coldest Sep 8 of 125 years · record 35°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1900: 63°F1901: 60°F1902: 53°F1903: 58°F1904: 49°F1905: 52°F1906: 58°F1907: 55°F1908: 57°F1909: 51°F1910: 61°F1911: 64°F1912: 67°F1913: 68°F1914: 51°F1915: 65°F1916: 66°F1917: 55°F1918: 52°F1919: 59°F1920: 54°F1921: 51°F1922: 58°F1923: 65°F1924: 35°F1925: 64°F1926: 52°F1927: 64°F1928: 54°F1929: 65°F1930: 57°F1931: 49°F1932: 41°F1933: 62°F1934: 52°F1935: 48°F1936: 61°F1937: 50°F1938: 57°F1939: 69°F1940: 43°F1941: 55°F1942: 64°F1943: 46°F1944: 49°F1945: 65°F1946: 54°F1947: 62°F1948: 62°F1949: 56°F1950: 54°F1951: 39°F1952: 63°F1953: 43°F1954: 62°F1955: 39°F1956: 48°F1957: 43°F1958: 48°F1959: 61°F1960: 57°F1961: 58°F1962: 44°F1963: 54°F1964: 42°F1965: 58°F1966: 42°F1967: 48°F1968: 47°F1969: 64°F1970: 54°F1971: 64°F1972: 45°F1973: 55°F1974: 58°F1975: 55°F1976: 45°F1977: 60°F1978: 64°F1979: 52°F1980: 58°F1981: 63°F1982: 57°F1983: 54°F1984: 43°F1985: 70°F1986: 42°F1987: 66°F1988: 48°F1989: 68°F1990: 66°F1992: 66°F1993: 61°F1994: 52°F1995: 60°F1996: 67°F1997: 59°F1998: 48°F1999: 62°F2000: 47°F2001: 68°F2002: 60°F2003: 54°F2004: 63°F2005: 53°F2006: 55°F2007: 70°F2008: 50°F2009: 63°F2010: 56°F2011: 63°F2012: 67°F2013: 60°F2014: 53°F2015: 66°F2016: 72°F2017: 52°F2018: 53°F2019: 53°F2020: 64°F2021: 64°F2022: 61°F2023: 64°F2024: 50°F2025: 42°F59° forecast3540455055606570751900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 859°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record35°F
This-date rank#74 of 125
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-26°F (1934)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1881–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Wheeling in each calendar month, and for the whole 1881–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan76°FJan 25, 1950-25°FJan 18, 1982
Feb78°FFeb 20, 2018-26°FFeb 27, 1934
Mar89°FMar 20, 1921-11°FMar 4, 1943
Apr92°FApr 25, 19255°FApr 1, 1923
May96°FMay 30, 191919°FMay 10, 1947
Jun100°FJun 8, 193331°FJun 1, 1930
Jul106°FJul 22, 193438°FJul 12, 1945
Aug106°FAug 6, 191834°FAug 28, 1931
Sep103°FSep 2, 195324°FSep 21, 1956
Oct91°FOct 9, 193916°FOct 22, 1930
Nov86°FNov 3, 1961-6°FNov 30, 1958
Dec77°FDec 4, 1982-17°FDec 26, 1983
All-time106°FAug 6, 1918-26°FFeb 27, 1934

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Wheeling so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 29, 1901

Coldest high ever

0°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 12, 1881
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan57°FJan 8, 20080°FJan 12, 1881
Feb62°FFeb 20, 20186°FFeb 1, 1900
Mar65°FMar 29, 202514°FMar 6, 1901
Apr68°FApr 8, 200130°FApr 10, 1909
May71°FMay 29, 194843°FMay 9, 2020
Jun78°FJun 29, 190146°FJun 1, 1910
Jul77°FJul 3, 190365°FJul 19, 2000
Aug77°FAug 12, 201663°FAug 30, 1911
Sep73°FSep 22, 198050°FSep 25, 2001
Oct70°FOct 1, 201936°FOct 29, 1925
Nov65°FNov 3, 198215°FNov 30, 1929
Dec59°FDec 6, 19985°FDec 25, 1983
All-time78°FJun 29, 19010°FJan 12, 1881

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

73 days
record run, ended Feb 23 1977

So far in 2026

63 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Wheeling's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 37°FJan: 22°FFeb: 41°FFeb: 24°FMar: 50°FMar: 31°FApr: 63°FApr: 41°FMay: 72°FMay: 51°FJun: 80°FJun: 60°FJul: 83°FJul: 64°FAug: 82°FAug: 62°FSep: 76°FSep: 56°FOct: 64°FOct: 45°FNov: 52°FNov: 35°FDec: 42°FDec: 28°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Solar noon12:22 PM
Daylight13h 05m · losing 17 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.17°N, 80.64°W

Nearby Stations

Pittsburgh, PA31 mi NENew Philadelphia, OH45 mi WMorgantown, WV52 mi SEClarksburg, WV63 mi SEAkron, OH66 mi NWZanesville, OH67 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Wheeling's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Wheeling, WV — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Wheeling's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Wheeling, WV — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1881

Each cell is one day's low at Wheeling, coloured by temperature — 146 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Wheeling, WV daily low heat map 1881–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Wheeling — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
63 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 116th most in 146 years. Normal for this point: 67. Record: 107 in 1941.

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