All-time weather records — Climax, KS

Record high
120.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1943
Wettest day
6.96 in
June 30, 2007

Climate change signal in Climax

7.1%

of Climax's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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
·
·
1900s
1
6
1910s
57
51
1920s
22
27
1930s
77
31
1940s
11
21
1950s
41
21
1960s
41
44
1970s
18
47
1980s
31
32
1990s
14
16
2000s
15
27
2010s
20
30
2020s
18
13

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 1909, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 29, 2015 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1943 2.43 in — Jan 18, 1907
February 86.0°F — Feb 12, 1962 -20.0°F — Feb 11, 2011 2.85 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 93.0°F — Mar 21, 1916 -9.9°F — Mar 7, 1943 3.60 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 99.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 3.0°F — Apr 8, 1985 3.66 in — Apr 19, 1927
May 100.9°F — May 29, 1913 27.0°F — May 1, 1909 6.88 in — May 21, 2019
June 109.9°F — Jun 27, 1980 37.9°F — Jun 19, 1962 6.96 in — Jun 30, 2007
July 120.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 6.1°F — Jul 30, 2017 6.96 in — Jul 1, 2007
August 115.0°F — Aug 9, 1936 42.1°F — Aug 31, 1915 5.95 in — Aug 24, 2005
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.78 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1963 10.9°F — Oct 30, 1917 5.25 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 95.0°F — Nov 7, 1914 0.0°F — Nov 27, 1975 4.83 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 82.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -18.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.84 in — Dec 26, 1936

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