All-time weather records — Deerfield, KS

Record high
120.0°F
July 29, 1893
Record low
-23.1°F
January 5, 1942
Wettest day
5.30 in
June 5, 1949

Climate change signal in Deerfield

12%

of Deerfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
43
74
1900s
21
51
1910s
26
53
1920s
22
29
1930s
16
19
1940s
37
22
1950s
24
15
1960s
21
18
1970s
18
20
1980s
20
25
1990s
23
16
2000s
33
9
2010s
33
10
2020s
29
5

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 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 21, 1986 -23.1°F — Jan 5, 1942 1.00 in — Jan 10, 1905
February 90.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -20.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.07 in — Feb 28, 1927
March 98.1°F — Mar 19, 1907 -20.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.00 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 100.0°F — Apr 13, 2025 8.1°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.40 in — Apr 28, 1903
May 107.1°F — May 29, 1974 12.0°F — May 1, 1893 3.99 in — May 30, 2001
June 118.0°F — Jun 19, 1899 27.0°F — Jun 24, 1897 5.30 in — Jun 5, 1949
July 120.0°F — Jul 29, 1893 42.1°F — Jul 10, 1897 3.16 in — Jul 4, 1984
August 115.0°F — Aug 7, 1896 37.0°F — Aug 26, 1910 4.55 in — Aug 15, 1927
September 111.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 24.1°F — Sep 26, 1893 2.80 in — Sep 17, 1919
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 2024 5.0°F — Oct 29, 1917 3.36 in — Oct 12, 1930
November 91.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -7.1°F — Nov 22, 1929 2.00 in — Nov 2, 1933
December 84.9°F — Dec 24, 1955 -18.0°F — Dec 12, 1932 2.94 in — Dec 30, 2006

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