All-time weather records — Burr Oak, KS

Record high
117.0°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-29.9°F
January 8, 1913
Wettest day
7.86 in
September 18, 1919

Climate change signal in Burr Oak

9.3%

of Burr Oak's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
29
73
1910s
38
64
1920s
45
51
1930s
130
38
1940s
31
59
1950s
41
33
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
9
9
2010s
25
32
2020s
18
7

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 1901, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 10, 1911 -29.9°F — Jan 8, 1913 1.02 in — Jan 5, 1932
February 81.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -29.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.14 in — Feb 26, 1912
March 98.1°F — Mar 21, 2026 -20.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.02 in — Mar 11, 1927
April 100.0°F — Apr 20, 1902 6.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.60 in — Apr 2, 1925
May 105.1°F — May 29, 1934 21.0°F — May 1, 1909 6.43 in — May 7, 2015
June 111.9°F — Jun 21, 1936 34.0°F — Jun 4, 1950 5.12 in — Jun 8, 1941
July 117.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 45.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.88 in — Jul 1, 1989
August 115.0°F — Aug 11, 1936 36.0°F — Aug 26, 1910 6.00 in — Aug 25, 1920
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1931 21.9°F — Sep 30, 1912 7.86 in — Sep 18, 1919
October 100.9°F — Oct 5, 1947 9.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 2.46 in — Oct 8, 1992
November 88.0°F — Nov 5, 1945 -18.9°F — Nov 22, 1929 3.93 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -23.1°F — Dec 12, 1932 2.01 in — Dec 14, 2015

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