Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sutton (USC00468652), West Virginia, United States, with 44 years of record.
Key Facts for Sutton
Sutton (USC00468652) is a weather station in West Virginia, United States at 38.67 latitude and -80.70 longitude, 275 m (902 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1905 to 1948, 44 years of record.
1,464 records set at Sutton still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Sutton set a daily record precipitation of 18.3 mm (0.7 in) on 19 December 1948.
About the Station
Location: West Virginia, United States, 38.67 latitude, -80.70 longitude.
Elevation: 275 m (902 ft).
Period of record: 1905 to 1948, 44 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Sutton. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Sutton, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
28.9 C (84.0 F)
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
26.1 C (79.0 F)
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
38.3 C (100.9 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
40.0 C (104.0 F)
5.0 C (41.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Sutton still stand. 1913 holds the most, with 70.
Standing records at Sutton by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1905
30
1906
49
1907
39
1908
40
1909
41
1910
40
1911
62
1912
44
1913
70
1914
42
1915
22
1917
49
1918
46
1919
30
1920
29
1921
15
1922
14
1923
27
1924
25
1925
39
1926
28
1927
39
1928
31
1929
38
1930
63
1931
22
1932
38
1933
35
1934
36
1935
33
1936
48
1937
40
1938
12
1939
28
1940
30
1941
34
1942
25
1943
28
1944
26
1945
12
1946
25
1947
23
1948
17
Wettest Day of Each Month
Mar: 121.9 mm (4.8 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sutton. The most was 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 13 March 1918.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sutton
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
7 January 1907
Feb
63.8 mm (2.5 in)
3 February 1939
Mar
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
13 March 1918
Apr
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
16 April 1939
May
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
20 May 1942
Jun
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
7 June 1948
Jul
109.2 mm (4.3 in)
22 July 1927
Aug
114.8 mm (4.5 in)
24 August 1945
Sep
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
25 September 1940
Oct
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
2 October 1929
Nov
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
16 November 1926
Dec
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
14 December 1915
Period of Record Coverage
1905 to 1948
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
43 years of record at Sutton, 1905 to 1948. 13 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 28 complete years at Sutton, 1906 to 1948. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 12.7 C (54.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1924, at 10.7 C (51.2 F), and the warmest was 1946, at 14.0 C (57.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.1 C (3.8 F).
Annual mean temperature at Sutton as warming stripes, 1906 to 1948
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1906
13.3 C
+0.58 C
1918
12.3 C
-0.39 C
1922
12.0 C
-0.75 C
1923
11.8 C
-0.91 C
1924
10.7 C
-2.04 C
1925
11.6 C
-1.12 C
1927
12.5 C
-0.19 C
1928
11.8 C
-0.91 C
1929
12.4 C
-0.29 C
1930
12.5 C
-0.28 C
1931
13.4 C
+0.62 C
1932
13.2 C
+0.45 C
1933
13.4 C
+0.69 C
1934
12.8 C
+0.11 C
1935
12.7 C
-0.05 C
1936
12.9 C
+0.17 C
1937
12.3 C
-0.39 C
1938
13.3 C
+0.61 C
1939
13.5 C
+0.81 C
1940
12.1 C
-0.60 C
1941
13.3 C
+0.53 C
1942
13.1 C
+0.38 C
1943
12.9 C
+0.18 C
1944
13.2 C
+0.44 C
1945
13.2 C
+0.49 C
1946
14.0 C
+1.29 C
1947
12.9 C
+0.13 C
1948
13.1 C
+0.35 C
This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1905 to 1948
Yearly extremes at Sutton: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1930
36.7 C (98.1 F)
43
Coldest night (TNn)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1917
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
43
Wettest day (Rx1day)
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1918
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
44
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
185.4 mm (7.3 in)
1919
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
44
Longest dry spell (CDD)
61 days
1920
16 days
44
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Sutton, 1905 to 1948. The record is 40.6 C (105.1 F) in 1930, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.7 C (98.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Sutton by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1905
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1906
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1907
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1908
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1909
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1910
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1911
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1912
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1913
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1914
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1915
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1916
n/a
1917
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1918
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1919
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1920
26.7 C (80.1 F)
1921
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1922
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1923
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1924
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1925
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1926
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1927
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1928
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1929
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1930
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1931
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1932
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1933
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1934
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1935
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1936
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1937
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1938
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1939
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1940
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1941
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1942
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1943
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1944
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1945
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1946
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1947
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1948
38.3 C (100.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Sutton, 1905 to 1948. The record is -29.4 C (-20.9 F) in 1917, marked on the chart; the median year is -18.9 C (-2.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Sutton by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1905
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1906
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1907
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1908
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1909
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1910
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1911
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1912
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1913
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1914
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1915
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1916
n/a
1917
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1918
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1919
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1920
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1921
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1922
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1923
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1924
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1925
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1926
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1927
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1928
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1929
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1930
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1931
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1932
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1933
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1934
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1935
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1936
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1937
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1938
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1939
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1940
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1941
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1942
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1943
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1944
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1945
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1946
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1947
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1948
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Sutton, 1905 to 1948. The record is 121.9 mm (4.8 in) in 1918, marked on the chart; the median year is 55.9 mm (2.2 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sutton by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1905
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1906
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1907
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1908
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1909
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1910
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1911
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1912
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1913
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1914
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1915
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1916
62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1917
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1918
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1919
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1920
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1921
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1922
81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1923
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1924
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1925
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1926
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1927
109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1928
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1929
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1930
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1931
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1932
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1933
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1934
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1935
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1936
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1937
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1938
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1939
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1940
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1941
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1942
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1943
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1944
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1945
114.8 mm (4.5 in)
1946
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1947
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1948
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Sutton, 1905 to 1948. The record is 185.4 mm (7.3 in) in 1919, marked on the chart; the median year is 99.1 mm (3.9 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sutton by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1905
75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1906
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1907
112.3 mm (4.4 in)
1908
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1909
74.1 mm (2.9 in)
1910
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1911
90.1 mm (3.5 in)
1912
104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1913
103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1914
93.5 mm (3.7 in)
1915
176.6 mm (7.0 in)
1916
81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1917
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1918
153.7 mm (6.1 in)
1919
185.4 mm (7.3 in)
1920
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1921
77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1922
109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1923
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1924
119.5 mm (4.7 in)
1925
89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1926
117.8 mm (4.6 in)
1927
130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1928
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1929
123.2 mm (4.9 in)
1930
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1931
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1932
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1933
129.6 mm (5.1 in)
1934
95.2 mm (3.7 in)
1935
116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1936
82.5 mm (3.2 in)
1937
139.8 mm (5.5 in)
1938
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1939
100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1940
100.4 mm (4.0 in)
1941
131.6 mm (5.2 in)
1942
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1943
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1944
75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1945
114.8 mm (4.5 in)
1946
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1947
70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1948
96.0 mm (3.8 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Sutton, 1905 to 1948. The record is 61 days in 1920, marked on the chart; the median year is 16 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sutton by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1905
19 days
1906
17 days
1907
25 days
1908
13 days
1909
20 days
1910
15 days
1911
32 days
1912
26 days
1913
18 days
1914
29 days
1915
16 days
1916
14 days
1917
22 days
1918
15 days
1919
20 days
1920
61 days
1921
11 days
1922
32 days
1923
22 days
1924
31 days
1925
15 days
1926
11 days
1927
13 days
1928
10 days
1929
12 days
1930
19 days
1931
12 days
1932
18 days
1933
12 days
1934
14 days
1935
12 days
1936
20 days
1937
12 days
1938
13 days
1939
14 days
1940
13 days
1941
17 days
1942
16 days
1943
19 days
1944
10 days
1945
22 days
1946
13 days
1947
8 days
1948
13 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
28 years with a frost
Across 28 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Sutton falls on 1 May and the median first autumn frost on 14 October, which leaves a median of 165 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +0.4 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Sutton
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1906 to 1948)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
1 May
n/a
1 May
n/a
-2.0 days per decade
First autumn frost
14 October
n/a
14 October
n/a
-1.5 days per decade
Growing days
165 days
n/a
165 days
n/a
+0.4 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
31 years, 1906 to 1948
A day with at least 62.2 mm (2.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 161.3 mm (6.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Sutton: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
5 years
85.2 mm (3.4 in)
10 years
101.8 mm (4.0 in)
25 years
124.3 mm (4.9 in)
50 years
142.3 mm (5.6 in)
Longer than the 31 years of record
100 years
161.3 mm (6.4 in)
Longer than the 31 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 31 years of values from 1906 to 1948.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 121.9 mm (4.8 in) in 1918; 114.8 mm (4.5 in) in 1945; 111.8 mm (4.4 in) in 1937.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.