All-time weather records — Atwood, KS

Record high
118.0°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.25 in
August 7, 1996

Climate change signal in Atwood

20.2%

of Atwood's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (74 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1920s
26
32
1930s
66
33
1940s
47
40
1950s
32
42
1960s
30
31
1970s
16
29
1980s
9
51
1990s
17
51
2000s
26
20
2010s
50
18
2020s
47
19

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 1921, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1920-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -25.1°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.72 in — Jan 27, 1994
February 84.0°F — Feb 3, 2020 -27.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.70 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 100.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.20 in — Mar 11, 1977
April 97.0°F — Apr 13, 2023 1.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 3.43 in — Apr 17, 2016
May 104.0°F — May 30, 2000 10.0°F — May 8, 1984 3.55 in — May 12, 2023
June 113.0°F — Jun 25, 2012 30.9°F — Jun 4, 1950 3.40 in — Jun 19, 1958
July 118.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 0.0°F — Jul 8, 1983 3.50 in — Jul 23, 1929
August 109.9°F — Aug 1, 2002 15.1°F — Aug 14, 1992 4.25 in — Aug 7, 1996
September 107.1°F — Sep 3, 1947 16.0°F — Sep 16, 1983 4.11 in — Sep 2, 1977
October 100.9°F — Oct 5, 1947 1.0°F — Oct 28, 2020 2.59 in — Oct 29, 2000
November 87.1°F — Nov 4, 2020 -17.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 3.87 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 82.0°F — Dec 23, 2025 -34.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.77 in — Dec 30, 2006

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