All-time weather records — Abilene, KS

Record high
113.0°F
July 13, 1954
Record low
-29.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
7.25 in
July 18, 1896

Climate change signal in Abilene

13.1%

of Abilene's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
48
42
1900s
11
18
1910s
21
27
1920s
22
23
1940s
11
8
1950s
47
32
1960s
11
58
1970s
16
56
1980s
31
56
1990s
31
15
2000s
44
11
2010s
44
9
2020s
29
11

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 13, 1928 -20.0°F — Jan 3, 1919 2.50 in — Jan 9, 2024
February 84.0°F — Feb 28, 2006 -29.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.06 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 95.0°F — Mar 30, 1893 -9.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.40 in — Mar 29, 2017
April 100.0°F — Apr 6, 1893 9.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.88 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 102.9°F — May 8, 1895 27.0°F — May 3, 1976 4.80 in — May 17, 1995
June 111.0°F — Jun 27, 1980 34.0°F — Jun 20, 1902 5.75 in — Jun 5, 1896
July 113.0°F — Jul 13, 1954 44.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 7.25 in — Jul 18, 1896
August 111.9°F — Aug 4, 1918 41.0°F — Aug 31, 1949 5.85 in — Aug 31, 1981
September 113.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 23.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.93 in — Sep 4, 1967
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 1963 16.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 4.37 in — Oct 31, 1979
November 88.0°F — Nov 8, 2006 -6.0°F — Nov 23, 1898 3.10 in — Nov 8, 2011
December 73.9°F — Dec 2, 2021 -24.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.40 in — Dec 14, 2015

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Abilene.