All-time weather records — Attica, KS

Record high
115.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-20.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
7.49 in
May 5, 1987

Climate change signal in Attica

8.7%

of Attica's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 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 #
1890s
·
2
1900s
19
16
1910s
65
75
1920s
34
43
1930s
58
34
1940s
11
39
1950s
40
41
1960s
22
27
1970s
27
19
1980s
17
23
1990s
10
11
2000s
19
7
2010s
20
18
2020s
24
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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 22, 1967 -15.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 2.36 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 90.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -20.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.78 in — Feb 26, 1948
March 98.1°F — Mar 19, 1907 -2.9°F — Mar 4, 2014 3.11 in — Mar 12, 1947
April 99.0°F — Apr 14, 2006 12.9°F — Apr 3, 1936 6.55 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 106.0°F — May 29, 1913 26.1°F — May 1, 1909 7.49 in — May 5, 1987
June 113.0°F — Jun 25, 1911 43.0°F — Jun 4, 1919 4.56 in — Jun 11, 1983
July 115.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 48.9°F — Jul 5, 1915 4.74 in — Jul 14, 1959
August 115.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 43.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 6.98 in — Aug 20, 1920
September 111.0°F — Sep 2, 1939 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1916 4.48 in — Sep 12, 2008
October 100.0°F — Oct 4, 1954 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 4.36 in — Oct 3, 2002
November 88.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 7.0°F — Nov 24, 1950 6.29 in — Nov 3, 1938
December 84.9°F — Dec 24, 1955 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.59 in — Dec 13, 2015

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