Wheeling, WV: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 72°F in Wheeling, WV, the warmest August since 2024, tied 43rd warmest of 120 (with 1970 and 1932).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 72°F; Warmest since 2024; 43rd warmest of 120
Precipitation: 8.92 in; Wettest since 1975; 2nd wettest of 128

A normal August in Wheeling, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.7°F, between 69.4°F and 74.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.61 in of precipitation, between 2.09 in and 6.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Wheeling, WV since 1900: 72°F in 2026; the highest is 78.5°F, in 1995.

Normal range, 69.4 to 74.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Wheeling, WV from 1879 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	72	43	80.9	92	63.2	20	8.92	2	0
2025	71	64	81.9	76	60	57	0.58	127	0
2024	74.6	13	86	25	63.2	20	2.34	96	0
2023	70.8	70	80	103	61.6	41	4.82	32	0
2022	72.4	35	81.2	88	63.5	17	4.98	29	0
2021	74.5	14	83.6	57	65.3	7	8.16	4	0
2020	73.8	22	85.2	35	62.5	28	3.29	63	0
2019	71.7	52	81.8	80	61.5	42	2.56	89	0
2018	73.8	22	82.3	72	65.4	5	3.93	55	0
2017	69.4	100	79	109	59.7	61	4.52	37	0
2016	77	4	86.1	23	67.8	1	5.33	25	0
2015	70.8	70	81.3	85	60.3	52	3.92	56	0
2014	69.8	93	79.6	105	60	57	6.33	11	0
2013	69.5	98	78.7	113	60.3	52	2.82	81	0
2012	71.6	54	83	65	60.2	54	2.20	101	0
2011	72.3	36	82.5	70	62.2	33	4.71	35	0
2010							1.55	119	5
2009	71.3	60	80.4	99	62.1	36	2.84	80	0
2008	70.1	86	81.1	91	59.1	67	1.66	117	0
2007	74	21	83.2	63	64.9	8	4.36	40	0
2006	73.4	26	83.5	59	63.3	18	2.40	92	0
2005	74.2	19	84.2	46	64.1	12	4.13	47	0
2004	67.7	112	76.8	118	58.5	80	6.62	8	1
2003	71.6	54	80.4	99	62.9	24	4.89	30	0
2002	74.3	16	85.5	31	63.2	20	2.86	77	0
2001	72.9	28	81.9	76	63.9	16	3.06	71	0
2000	69.2	103	78.2	115	60.1	56	4.35	42	0
1999	69.4	100	79.9	104	58.9	72	2.90	76	1
1998	72.7	30	83.5	59	61.8	40	5.87	18	0
1997	70.3	84	80.8	95	59.7	61	7.56	6	0
1996	72.8	29	83.7	56	62	38	2.08	108	1
1995	78.5	1	89.4	4	67.7	2	2.09	107	1
1994	70.8	70	80.9	92	60.6	47	6.16	14	0
1993	75.3	7	86.7	18	64.1	12	2.20	101	1
1992	69.8	93	80.1	102	59.5	63	4.10	49	0
1991							2.18	103	31
1989	71.9	46	81.9	76	62.2	33	2.85	78	3
1988	77.4	3	88.7	7	66	4	2.81	82	0
1986	71.2	62	83.9	55	58.2	81	1.22	124	2
1985	70.8	70	82.7	69	59.1	67	2.62	87	3
1984					62.7	25	4.23	44	5
1983	75.9	6	87.8	13	64	15	3.16	69	0
1982	69.3	102	82.1	75	56.8	93	2.28	98	2
1981	71.1	63	81.9	76	60.2	54	1.92	111	0
1980	74.9	10	83.6	57	66.2	3	7.58	5	0
1979			80.4	99			4.73	34	22
1978	72.7	30	82.8	67	62.7	25	5.11	26	0
1977	71.7	52	81.2	88	62.3	31	1.75	115	0
1976	68.2	109	79.2	108	57.1	89	1.80	114	0
1975	74.1	20	84.1	48	64.1	12	11.22	1	0
1974	72.5	34	82.9	66	62.2	33	4.47	38	0
1973	74.8	11	84.8	40	64.9	8	2.07	109	0
1972	70.9	67	83.1	64	58.7	75	4.06	53	0
1971	69.6	96	84	50	55.3	107	2.62	87	0
1970	72	43	86.1	23	57.9	82	2.56	89	0
1969	71	64	84.5	43	57.5	86	6.05	16	0
1968	72.6	33	86.5	21	58.7	75	3.25	65	0
1967	68.8	107	81.8	80	55.8	103	3.29	63	0
1966	70.6	77	85.3	34	55.9	100	3.21	66	0
1965	70.8	70	85.8	28	55.7	104	3.40	62	0
1964	67.3	113	82.5	70	52.2	120	2.75	84	0
1963	68.1	110	82.3	72	53.9	114	1.43	123	0
1962	71.4	58	87.7	14	55.5	105	1.73	116	1
1961	71.8	49	84.8	40	58.6	78	2.36	95	1
1960	71.9	46	84.7	42	59	70	2.22	100	0
1959	75.2	9	88.1	11	62.4	29	3.99	54	0
1958	69.9	90	83.5	59	56.3	96	3.73	58	0
1957	70	87	86.9	16	53.1	115	0.91	126	0
1956	70.5	82	84	50	57.1	89	6.27	12	0
1955	75.3	7	88.5	8	62.1	36	8.21	3	0
1954	71.4	58	84	50	58.8	74	5.89	17	0
1953	72.2	39	88.8	6	55.5	105	1.16	125	0
1952	71.3	60	86	25	56.6	94	3.04	73	0
1951	70.4	83	85.8	28	55.1	109	0.49	128	0
1950	69.2	103	83.4	62	55	110	3.01	74	0
1949	72.3	36	86.7	18	57.9	82	1.48	122	0
1948	72.2	39	85.5	31	58.9	72	4.89	30	1
1947	77.6	2	89.8	1	65.4	5	4.15	46	2
1946	66.5	118	80.8	95	52.1	121	2.31	97	0
1945	70.9	67	87.3	15	54.5	111	2.73	85	0
1944	72.3	36	88.3	10	56.2	98	3.46	60	0
1943	70.7	76	85.4	33	55.9	100	4.99	27	0
1942	70.6	77	84.2	46	57	92	5.70	20	3
1941	69.5	98	85.9	27	52.8	117	4.36	40	1
1940	70.2	85	84	50	56.3	96	4.99	27	0
1939	71.5	57	86.9	16	56.1	99	1.56	118	0
1938	73.5	24	88.4	9	58.6	78	3.20	67	0
1937	74.5	14	88	12	61	43	2.15	105	0
1936	74.3	16	89.1	5	59.4	65	4.10	49	0
1935	73.5	24	86.6	20	60.4	50			0
1934	70.9	67	84.1	48	57.7	84	5.55	21	0
1933	71.8	49	84.9	38	58.7	75	4.07	51	1
1932	72	43	89.5	3	54.4	112	2.17	104	0
1931	71.8	49	86.3	22	57.1	89			3
1930	69.1	105	85	37	53	116	1.86	113	1
1929	66.6	117	80.8	95	52.4	119	3.00	75	0
1928	72.7	30	84.9	38	60.5	48	3.86	57	0
1927	65.7	120	78.6	114	52.8	117	2.66	86	0
1926	74.3	16	85.8	28	62.7	25	5.53	22	0
1925	70.6	77	85.2	35	55.9	100	2.23	99	0
1924	70.8	70	84.4	45	57.3	87	2.78	83	0
1923	69.9	90	82.8	67	57.2	88	4.77	33	1
1922	69.6	96	84	50	55.2	108	3.42	61	1
1921	68.3	108	82.3	72	54.4	112	5.34	24	0
1920	71	64	81.8	80	59.9	59	5.43	23	1
1919							6.16	14	9
1918	76	5	89.7	2	62.3	31	4.32	43	0
1917	70	87	79.4	107	60.5	48	6.21	13	0
1916	71.9	46	81.5	83	62.4	29	3.72	59	0
1915	66.5	118	74.1	121	59	70	2.85	78	1
1914	71.6	54	81.3	85	62	38	4.45	39	0
1913	70.6	77	80.5	98	60.7	45	1.91	112	0
1912	66.9	116	74.4	120	59.3	66	6.59	9	3
1911	72.2	39	81.2	88	63.3	18	4.54	36	0
1910	70.6	77	81.3	85	59.9	59	2.52	91	1
1909	69.8	93	78.9	111	60.7	45	3.09	70	2
1908	69	106	78.9	111	59.1	67	3.06	71	0
1907	67.8	111	76.1	119	59.5	63	1.55	119	0
1906	73.2	27	81.5	83	64.9	8	6.53	10	0
1905	69.9	90	79	109	60.8	44	3.20	67	0
1904	67.2	115	77.8	116	56.6	94	2.15	105	0
1903	70	87	79.6	105	60.4	50	2.03	110	0
1902	67.3	113	77.1	117	57.6	85	2.37	94	1
1901	72.1	42	80.9	92	63.2	20	4.16	45	0
1900	74.7	12	84.5	43	64.9	8	4.11	48	0
1885							7.45	7	31
1884							1.55	119	31
1883							2.40	92	31
1882							4.07	51	31
1879							5.75	19	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1995	78.5
1947	77.6
1988	77.4
2016	77
1918	76
1983	75.9
1993	75.3
1955	75.3
1959	75.2
1980	74.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	65.7
1946	66.5
1915	66.5
1929	66.6
1912	66.9
1904	67.2
1964	67.3
1902	67.3
2004	67.7
1907	67.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1975	11.22
2026	8.92
1955	8.21
2021	8.16
1980	7.58
1997	7.56
1885	7.45
2004	6.62
1912	6.59
1906	6.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	0.49
2025	0.58
1957	0.91
1953	1.16
1986	1.22
1963	1.43
1949	1.48
2010	1.55
1907	1.55
1884	1.55

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 5 August 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 29 August 2026, 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 20 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 8.92 in of precipitation in Wheeling, WV, the wettest August since 1975 (1987 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1990 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 2nd wettest of 128.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Wheeling, WV: 89°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Wheeling, WV: a low of 56°F on Saturday 29 August 2026 and Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Wheeling, WV: 2.35 in on Thursday 20 August 2026.