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Charleston, WV 38.380°N, 81.591°W · station CRWthr · 135 years of record
93°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Charleston.
84° MON 7/13 90° TUE 7/14 92° WED 7/15 93° THU 7/16 93° FRI 7/17 91° SAT 7/18 88° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #20 / 121
warmest Jul 16 in 121 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 103°F
set in 1988
Coolest Jul 16 ever 73°F
set in 1945
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Charleston. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
73 88 103 1892: 88°F 1902: 92°F 1903: 81°F 1904: 90°F 1905: 91°F 1906: 87°F 1907: 89°F 1908: 86°F 1909: 86°F 1911: 88°F 1912: 94°F 1913: 88°F 1914: 83°F 1915: 96°F 1916: 94°F 1917: 81°F 1918: 89°F 1919: 81°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 91°F 1922: 93°F 1923: 92°F 1924: 77°F 1925: 92°F 1926: 80°F 1927: 92°F 1928: 80°F 1929: 81°F 1930: 90°F 1931: 100°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 89°F 1936: 100°F 1938: 87°F 1939: 84°F 1940: 87°F 1941: 86°F 1942: 93°F 1943: 91°F 1944: 93°F 1945: 73°F 1946: 86°F 1947: 85°F 1948: 84°F 1949: 86°F 1950: 83°F 1951: 93°F 1952: 87°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 82°F 1955: 89°F 1956: 87°F 1957: 92°F 1958: 84°F 1959: 91°F 1960: 79°F 1961: 75°F 1962: 84°F 1963: 88°F 1964: 85°F 1965: 84°F 1966: 87°F 1967: 77°F 1968: 83°F 1969: 91°F 1970: 80°F 1971: 82°F 1972: 89°F 1973: 82°F 1974: 81°F 1975: 84°F 1976: 92°F 1977: 93°F 1978: 79°F 1979: 87°F 1980: 91°F 1981: 85°F 1982: 93°F 1983: 94°F 1984: 90°F 1985: 82°F 1986: 89°F 1987: 80°F 1988: 103°F 1989: 75°F 1990: 84°F 1991: 92°F 1992: 87°F 1993: 86°F 1994: 81°F 1995: 94°F 1996: 78°F 1997: 88°F 1998: 81°F 1999: 95°F 2000: 79°F 2001: 86°F 2002: 88°F 2003: 84°F 2004: 81°F 2005: 87°F 2006: 90°F 2007: 89°F 2008: 86°F 2009: 86°F 2010: 89°F 2011: 78°F 2012: 88°F 2013: 92°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 84°F 2016: 86°F 2017: 87°F 2018: 86°F 2019: 94°F 2020: 95°F 2021: 91°F 2022: 86°F 2023: 84°F 2024: 99°F 2025: 90°F 93° forecast 1892 1988 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 93°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 103°F This-date rank #20 of 121
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 108°F (1918) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1892–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Charleston in each calendar month, and for the whole 1892–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 81°F 1932 -16°F 1994 Feb 81°F 2018 -12°F 1996 Mar 92°F 1929 -5°F 1943 Apr 96°F 1925 18°F 1923 May 98°F 1930 26°F 1966 Jun 105°F 1931 33°F 1972 Jul 108°F 1931 46°F 1961 Aug 108°F 1918 41°F 1965 Sep 104°F 1932 32°F 1942 Oct 96°F 1903 17°F 1962 Nov 87°F 1931 6°F 1929 Dec 80°F 1971 -17°F 1917 All-time 108°F 1918 -17°F 1917
Records set or tied at Charleston so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 1 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 38 days
record run, ended Aug 11 1930
So far in 2026 9 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Charleston's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 86°F · forecast is +7° vs normal .
Jan: 44°F Jan: 26°F Feb: 48°F Feb: 28°F Mar: 57°F Mar: 35°F Apr: 69°F Apr: 44°F May: 76°F May: 53°F Jun: 83°F Jun: 62°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 66°F Aug: 85°F Aug: 64°F Sep: 79°F Sep: 57°F Oct: 68°F Oct: 45°F Nov: 57°F Nov: 36°F Dec: 47°F Dec: 30°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:13 AM Sunset 7:51 PM Solar noon 12:32 PM Daylight 14h 38m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 38.38°N, 81.59°W Charleston'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 Charleston'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 Charleston, coloured by temperature — 135 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 Charleston — 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°
9 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 64th most in 135 years. Normal for this point: 12 . Record: 40 in 1930.
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