All-time weather records — Columbus, KS

Record high
117.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-47.0°F
October 19, 1910
Wettest day
8.40 in
June 22, 1948

Climate change signal in Columbus

6.6%

of Columbus's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
19
50
1900s
16
33
1910s
64
46
1920s
17
23
1930s
75
19
1940s
14
32
1950s
58
36
1960s
29
31
1970s
10
43
1980s
10
17
1990s
14
15
2000s
15
8
2010s
8
7
2020s
17
6

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 11, 1911 -18.9°F — Jan 22, 1930 4.06 in — Jan 2, 1897
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 1996 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 5.58 in — Feb 23, 1985
March 93.0°F — Mar 21, 1916 -17.0°F — Mar 7, 1943 3.32 in — Mar 20, 2012
April 97.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 16.0°F — Apr 13, 1957 5.57 in — Apr 12, 1994
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1934 28.0°F — May 1, 1909 6.20 in — May 19, 1943
June 108.0°F — Jun 18, 1918 42.1°F — Jun 15, 1917 8.40 in — Jun 22, 1948
July 117.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 45.0°F — Jul 6, 1972 7.98 in — Jul 3, 1976
August 115.0°F — Aug 9, 1936 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1915 7.45 in — Aug 18, 1996
September 108.0°F — Sep 3, 1939 30.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 7.58 in — Sep 25, 1993
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1963 -47.0°F — Oct 19, 1910 6.20 in — Oct 10, 2014
November 84.9°F — Nov 10, 2006 3.9°F — Nov 16, 1932 5.53 in — Nov 21, 1979
December 78.1°F — Dec 28, 2025 -15.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 4.75 in — Dec 18, 1895

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