DRIESTSINCE
West Virginia · precipitation record 1893–2026

Beckley, WV

THIS MONTH · 2026
DRIEST THIS MONTH SINCE 1944
1.55in
5th driest of 120 years · normal 3.98"
📖 Beckley's full Precipitation Almanac →

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 119 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
1.55in
5th driest of 120 yrs
39% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
14.24in
40th wettest of 121 yrs
111% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
25.64in
54th driest of 115 yrs
97% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

5.0in
on Aug 6, 1926 · in 134 years

Dry Streak

0days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 44 days (to Oct 26, 1920)

Wet Streak

1days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 19 days

Year to Date vs Normal

97%
25.64" of a normal 26.41" · wettest 40.6" (1935) · driest 9.67" (1900)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 104-year record (1907–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 43.58" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1193557.41in
2201857.19in
3197557.1in
4199655.55in
5193255.14in

Driest Years on Record

1192530.25in
2196532.62in
3198833.61in
4200533.88in
5196834.48in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~4.34") and driest in Nov (~2.52"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 1909, 10.5".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Beckley — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

2.10in
set in 1923

Rain on Jul 28

37%
of 119 years had measurable rain
1896: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.60″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 2.10″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.80″1934: 0.76″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1940: 0.04″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.17″1943: 0.02″1944: 0.00″1947: 0.18″1948: 0.84″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.96″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.26″1957: 0.21″1958: 0.10″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.01″1967: 0.75″1968: 0.09″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.78″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.11″1980: 1.02″1981: 0.57″1982: 1.70″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.10″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.40″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.48″1995: 0.18″1996: 2.07″1997: 0.89″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.59″2000: 0.05″2001: 1.03″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.17″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.56″2006: 0.23″2007: 0.09″2008: 0.01″2009: 0.01″2010: 0.04″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.06″2015: 0.76″2016: 0.62″2017: 0.86″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 1.13″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.35″2023: 0.10″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″190019101920194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Beckley's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Beckley, WV — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
Download year chart

Rainfall Calendar

Beckley's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Beckley, WV — daily rainfall every day on record
Download calendar

Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Beckley's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Beckley, WV — county drought history since 2000
Download drought history

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:24 AM
Sunset7:37 PM
Solar noon12:31 PM
Daylight14h 13m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.78°N, 81.12°W

Nearby Stations

Bluefield, WV33 mi SCharleston, WV48 mi NWBlacksburg, VA55 mi SERoanoke, VA70 mi EHuntington, WV87 mi WElkins, WV102 mi NE

Share Card

Beckley, WV precipitation share card
DriestSince · browse by state · precipitation & snowfall records · NOAA/RCC-ACIS ThreadEx gauge record · part of Weather Trader · supported by Substack Subscribers
© 2026 Weather Trader · All rights reserved