All-time weather records — Colby, KS

Record high
113.0°F
June 28, 2012
Record low
-32.1°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.86 in
June 18, 1975

Climate change signal in Colby

26.5%

of Colby's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (97 of 366 records since 2015).

11.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (43 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 #
1950s
10
12
1960s
50
70
1970s
23
58
1980s
37
73
1990s
45
67
2000s
67
26
2010s
72
35
2020s
62
25

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 1957, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1950-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 28, 2015 -24.0°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.46 in — Jan 14, 1960
February 84.9°F — Feb 19, 2016 -26.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 2.02 in — Feb 2, 2016
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.05 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 98.1°F — Apr 23, 1989 5.0°F — Apr 10, 1989 2.24 in — Apr 6, 2005
May 102.9°F — May 30, 2003 19.9°F — May 2, 1967 3.25 in — May 21, 1977
June 113.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1969 4.86 in — Jun 18, 1975
July 109.0°F — Jul 2, 1990 42.1°F — Jul 13, 1990 3.62 in — Jul 31, 1975
August 106.0°F — Aug 9, 1995 39.9°F — Aug 28, 1964 3.10 in — Aug 31, 1982
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1985 21.0°F — Sep 30, 1985 2.61 in — Sep 13, 2013
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 2000 1.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.16 in — Oct 26, 1997
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -8.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.60 in — Nov 19, 1975
December 82.9°F — Dec 24, 1964 -32.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.87 in — Dec 30, 2006

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