All-time weather records — Atchison, KS

Record high
111.0°F
August 10, 1934
Record low
-27.9°F
January 22, 1930
Wettest day
5.07 in
July 11, 1958

Climate change signal in Atchison

0%

of Atchison'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 #
1890s
49
41
1900s
21
25
1910s
58
34
1920s
27
66
1930s
100
47
1940s
24
40
1950s
18
28
1960s
16
27
1970s
8
19
1980s
23
28
1990s
11
8
2000s
11
3
2010s
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2020s
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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 2009. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 2, 1939 -27.9°F — Jan 22, 1930 2.16 in — Jan 2, 1965
February 84.0°F — Feb 24, 1930 -25.1°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.18 in — Feb 19, 1955
March 93.0°F — Mar 23, 1910 -9.9°F — Mar 4, 1978 3.46 in — Mar 15, 1919
April 95.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 8.1°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.20 in — Apr 24, 1897
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 23.0°F — May 1, 1909 4.45 in — May 3, 1987
June 106.0°F — Jun 18, 1918 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1911 4.07 in — Jun 20, 2001
July 109.0°F — Jul 24, 1934 10.9°F — Jul 26, 1968 5.07 in — Jul 11, 1958
August 111.0°F — Aug 10, 1934 43.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 3.92 in — Aug 18, 1960
September 108.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 30.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 4.57 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1939 5.0°F — Oct 2, 1997 3.84 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 86.0°F — Nov 12, 1995 -2.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 2.81 in — Nov 30, 1975
December 77.0°F — Dec 13, 1899 -20.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.45 in — Dec 8, 1980

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