All-time weather records — Ashland, KS

Record high
114.1°F
June 25, 1911
Record low
-20.0°F
February 10, 2011
Wettest day
6.52 in
October 21, 1920

Climate change signal in Ashland

13.7%

of Ashland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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
23
39
1910s
41
33
1920s
20
27
1930s
42
13
1940s
21
20
1950s
33
36
1960s
20
25
1970s
14
40
1980s
23
47
1990s
22
31
2000s
30
21
2010s
47
24
2020s
30
10

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 1900, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 5, 1927 -18.9°F — Jan 3, 1911 1.80 in — Jan 15, 2017
February 91.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -20.0°F — Feb 10, 2011 2.36 in — Feb 17, 1911
March 104.0°F — Mar 27, 2026 -8.0°F — Mar 1, 1903 2.41 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 102.0°F — Apr 24, 1989 10.9°F — Apr 4, 1979 2.90 in — Apr 1, 1983
May 106.0°F — May 30, 2011 21.9°F — May 1, 1909 4.75 in — May 2, 1914
June 114.1°F — Jun 25, 1911 39.9°F — Jun 6, 1998 4.40 in — Jun 14, 2007
July 113.0°F — Jul 10, 2011 46.0°F — Jul 14, 1990 3.25 in — Jul 7, 1978
August 114.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 39.9°F — Aug 31, 1915 4.00 in — Aug 28, 1968
September 109.0°F — Sep 1, 1939 24.1°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.50 in — Sep 1, 1963
October 102.0°F — Oct 17, 2016 9.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 6.52 in — Oct 21, 1920
November 93.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -0.9°F — Nov 12, 2019 3.90 in — Nov 28, 1909
December 91.9°F — Dec 30, 1905 -17.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.98 in — Dec 30, 2006

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