All-time weather records — Cottonwood Falls, KS

Record high
118.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-29.9°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
7.15 in
June 19, 1946

Climate change signal in Cottonwood Falls

5.2%

of Cottonwood Falls's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
11
34
1910s
35
58
1920s
14
43
1930s
88
29
1940s
18
42
1950s
59
26
1960s
27
23
1970s
20
26
1980s
34
28
1990s
13
17
2000s
15
10
2010s
20
19
2020s
12
11

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 1905, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1902-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -27.9°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.62 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 82.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -29.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.19 in — Feb 17, 2008
March 93.9°F — Mar 22, 1907 -8.0°F — Mar 7, 1943 3.12 in — Mar 18, 1992
April 96.1°F — Apr 29, 1910 10.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.32 in — Apr 4, 1934
May 100.0°F — May 26, 1964 21.9°F — May 4, 1907 4.00 in — May 13, 2005
June 111.0°F — Jun 30, 1980 39.9°F — Jun 3, 1946 7.15 in — Jun 19, 1946
July 118.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.05 in — Jul 11, 1951
August 114.1°F — Aug 12, 1936 39.9°F — Aug 27, 1910 6.28 in — Aug 26, 2005
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 28.0°F — Sep 29, 1916 5.81 in — Sep 12, 1926
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 12.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 4.75 in — Oct 10, 1985
November 87.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -5.1°F — Nov 13, 1940 5.07 in — Nov 16, 1928
December 80.1°F — Dec 5, 1906 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.08 in — Dec 11, 2007

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