All-time weather records — Dighton, KS

Record high
116.1°F
July 13, 1913
Record low
-31.0°F
January 11, 1918
Wettest day
5.25 in
September 17, 1919

Climate change signal in Dighton

15%

of Dighton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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
18
57
1910s
36
58
1920s
21
38
1930s
37
25
1940s
22
27
1950s
29
32
1960s
19
30
1970s
27
19
1980s
22
31
1990s
17
16
2000s
32
8
2010s
44
13
2020s
42
12

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -31.0°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.25 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 87.1°F — Feb 19, 2016 -24.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 2.31 in — Feb 6, 1928
March 100.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.32 in — Mar 25, 1942
April 100.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 3.9°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.26 in — Apr 23, 2010
May 105.1°F — May 17, 1927 19.9°F — May 27, 1907 3.19 in — May 18, 1955
June 115.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1917 3.95 in — Jun 9, 1994
July 116.1°F — Jul 13, 1913 43.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 3.70 in — Jul 18, 1995
August 113.0°F — Aug 8, 1934 39.0°F — Aug 13, 1920 3.44 in — Aug 12, 1987
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 24.1°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.25 in — Sep 17, 1919
October 100.9°F — Oct 6, 2024 3.9°F — Oct 31, 2019 4.25 in — Oct 18, 1965
November 90.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -9.9°F — Nov 28, 1952 1.60 in — Nov 9, 2024
December 93.0°F — Dec 31, 2004 -25.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.94 in — Dec 31, 2006

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