All-time weather records — Alton, KS

Record high
120.9°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-31.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.15 in
May 22, 1961

Climate change signal in Alton

0%

of Alton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1900s
15
43
1910s
55
44
1920s
31
28
1930s
83
16
1940s
28
35
1950s
22
31
1960s
18
27
1970s
16
25
1980s
41
50
1990s
36
50
2000s
21
17

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 1904, the latest in 2006. Period of observation: 1902-2007.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 11, 1990 -25.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.45 in — Jan 26, 1962
February 87.1°F — Mar 1, 1972 -29.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 4.32 in — Feb 26, 1912
March 99.0°F — Mar 21, 1907 -17.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 3.20 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 106.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 8.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.50 in — Apr 14, 1987
May 105.1°F — May 23, 1939 19.0°F — May 1, 1909 6.15 in — May 22, 1961
June 114.1°F — Jun 26, 1936 33.1°F — Jun 6, 1998 3.30 in — Jun 23, 1993
July 120.9°F — Jul 24, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 14, 1990 4.16 in — Jul 5, 1993
August 116.1°F — Aug 12, 1936 33.1°F — Aug 26, 1910 4.87 in — Aug 14, 1912
September 111.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 18.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.72 in — Sep 12, 1961
October 102.9°F — Oct 5, 1947 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 3.40 in — Oct 10, 1949
November 88.0°F — Nov 5, 1945 -11.9°F — Nov 22, 1929 3.33 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 82.0°F — Dec 23, 1964 -31.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.27 in — Dec 16, 1984

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