All-time weather records — Council Grove, KS

Record high
114.1°F
July 11, 1980
Record low
-24.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
5.29 in
June 1, 1996

Climate change signal in Council Grove

19.9%

of Council Grove's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (73 of 366 records since 2015).

10.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (38 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 #
1960s
24
60
1970s
51
87
1980s
84
78
1990s
45
56
2000s
50
35
2010s
82
20
2020s
30
30

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 1964, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1964-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 11, 1990 -17.0°F — Jan 20, 1985 1.15 in — Jan 3, 1971
February 80.1°F — Feb 21, 1981 -23.1°F — Feb 1, 1979 2.20 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 88.0°F — Mar 30, 1967 -9.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.52 in — Mar 14, 1995
April 95.0°F — Apr 14, 2006 6.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.32 in — Apr 1, 1967
May 99.0°F — May 10, 2011 30.0°F — May 1, 1994 4.38 in — May 22, 1971
June 111.9°F — Jun 28, 1980 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 5.29 in — Jun 1, 1996
July 114.1°F — Jul 11, 1980 46.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.67 in — Jul 4, 1983
August 109.9°F — Aug 2, 1980 45.0°F — Aug 26, 2025 4.53 in — Aug 31, 2003
September 108.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.63 in — Sep 3, 2021
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2006 15.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 4.20 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 86.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -0.9°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.64 in — Nov 16, 1964
December 75.0°F — Dec 29, 1984 -24.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.02 in — Dec 30, 1972

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