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Beckley, WV 37.784°N, 81.123°W · station BKWthr · 131 years of record
88°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Beckley.
77° MON 7/13 85° TUE 7/14 87° WED 7/15 88° THU 7/16 87° FRI 7/17 86° SAT 7/18 83° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #10 / 120
warmest Jul 16 in 120 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 94°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 16 ever 70°F
set in 2011
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Beckley. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
70 82 94 1896: 89°F 1898: 81°F 1899: 78°F 1900: 83°F 1901: 81°F 1902: 90°F 1906: 88°F 1907: 82°F 1908: 81°F 1909: 82°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 85°F 1912: 89°F 1913: 84°F 1914: 83°F 1915: 85°F 1916: 79°F 1917: 80°F 1918: 83°F 1919: 79°F 1920: 81°F 1921: 77°F 1922: 74°F 1923: 78°F 1924: 80°F 1925: 86°F 1926: 83°F 1931: 92°F 1932: 89°F 1933: 82°F 1934: 89°F 1935: 82°F 1936: 94°F 1937: 88°F 1938: 84°F 1939: 78°F 1940: 78°F 1941: 83°F 1942: 82°F 1943: 88°F 1944: 88°F 1946: 87°F 1947: 82°F 1948: 74°F 1949: 83°F 1951: 83°F 1952: 86°F 1953: 84°F 1954: 79°F 1955: 86°F 1956: 83°F 1957: 86°F 1958: 81°F 1959: 85°F 1960: 75°F 1961: 72°F 1962: 80°F 1963: 81°F 1964: 81°F 1965: 78°F 1966: 77°F 1967: 72°F 1968: 81°F 1969: 85°F 1970: 76°F 1971: 78°F 1972: 82°F 1973: 76°F 1974: 74°F 1975: 77°F 1976: 86°F 1977: 88°F 1978: 73°F 1979: 81°F 1980: 88°F 1981: 79°F 1982: 82°F 1983: 84°F 1984: 83°F 1985: 77°F 1986: 84°F 1987: 76°F 1988: 91°F 1989: 74°F 1990: 77°F 1991: 84°F 1992: 78°F 1993: 83°F 1994: 78°F 1995: 87°F 1996: 72°F 1997: 85°F 1998: 80°F 1999: 85°F 2000: 72°F 2001: 80°F 2002: 82°F 2003: 81°F 2004: 72°F 2005: 81°F 2006: 83°F 2007: 83°F 2008: 78°F 2009: 80°F 2010: 85°F 2011: 70°F 2012: 85°F 2013: 87°F 2014: 71°F 2015: 83°F 2016: 81°F 2017: 82°F 2018: 84°F 2019: 84°F 2020: 87°F 2021: 86°F 2022: 82°F 2023: 79°F 2024: 92°F 2025: 88°F 88° forecast 1896 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 88°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 94°F This-date rank #10 of 120
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 103°F (1926) Odds to tie/break 8.0% (daily) Period of record 1896–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Beckley in each calendar month, and for the whole 1896–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 74°F 1916 -22°F 1985 Feb 77°F 2023 -20°F 1899 Mar 85°F 2020 -7°F 1960 Apr 87°F 1925 8°F 1923 May 92°F 1941 21°F 1923 Jun 100°F 1936 32°F 1933 Jul 103°F 1926 38°F 1961 Aug 103°F 1926 33°F 1940 Sep 97°F 1932 23°F 1942 Oct 91°F 2019 9°F 1962 Nov 80°F 1916 -1°F 1937 Dec 75°F 1909 -20°F 1909 All-time 103°F 1926 -22°F 1985
Records set or tied at Beckley so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 6 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 19 days
record run, ended Jul 8 1931
So far in 2026 3 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Beckley's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 81°F · forecast is +7° vs normal .
Jan: 40°F Jan: 24°F Feb: 44°F Feb: 26°F Mar: 52°F Mar: 33°F Apr: 64°F Apr: 42°F May: 71°F May: 51°F Jun: 77°F Jun: 58°F Jul: 80°F Jul: 62°F Aug: 79°F Aug: 61°F Sep: 74°F Sep: 55°F Oct: 64°F Oct: 44°F Nov: 53°F Nov: 34°F Dec: 43°F Dec: 28°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:13 AM Sunset 7:47 PM Solar noon 12:30 PM Daylight 14h 34m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 37.78°N, 81.12°W Beckley's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Beckley's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Beckley, coloured by temperature — 131 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Beckley — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
3 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 13th most in 131 years. Normal for this point: 1 . Record: 19 in 1931.
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