All-time weather records — Carbondale, KS

Record high
111.9°F
August 2, 2011
Record low
-20.7°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
6.47 in
May 6, 2007

Climate change signal in Carbondale

32%

of Carbondale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (117 of 366 records since 2015).

20.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (75 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 #
1940s
1
4
1950s
65
43
1960s
43
82
1970s
8
8
1990s
11
18
2000s
63
91
2010s
114
75
2020s
61
45

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 1949, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1949-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -12.8°F — Jan 6, 2014 4.42 in — Jan 23, 1949
February 81.0°F — Feb 26, 2024 -20.7°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.40 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -8.0°F — Mar 12, 1998 2.37 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 95.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 16.2°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.81 in — Apr 1, 1967
May 97.0°F — May 21, 1956 28.0°F — May 3, 2005 6.47 in — May 6, 2007
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 2012 39.9°F — Jun 6, 1998 4.98 in — Jun 13, 1965
July 111.0°F — Jul 12, 1954 48.9°F — Jul 3, 2014 4.63 in — Jul 10, 1957
August 111.9°F — Aug 2, 2011 46.9°F — Aug 12, 2004 4.42 in — Aug 23, 2004
September 109.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 13.1°F — Sep 24, 2022 3.66 in — Sep 3, 2021
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2006 18.1°F — Oct 19, 2022 4.77 in — Oct 7, 1958
November 84.0°F — Nov 8, 2006 3.2°F — Nov 12, 2019 4.07 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 75.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -11.7°F — Dec 18, 2016 2.19 in — Dec 24, 2023

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