All-time weather records — Dodge City, KS

Record high
111.0°F
June 27, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.74 in
July 4, 2010

Climate change signal in Dodge City

19.7%

of Dodge City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 of 366 records since 2015).

13.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (50 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
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1910s
·
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1920s
·
·
1930s
·
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1940s
2
8
1950s
40
52
1960s
31
55
1970s
34
45
1980s
59
54
1990s
36
46
2000s
51
28
2010s
69
53
2020s
44
25

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1909-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 27, 2015 -13.0°F — Jan 19, 1984 1.41 in — Jan 15, 2017
February 88.0°F — Feb 18, 2016 -15.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.82 in — Feb 10, 1993
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.54 in — Mar 10, 1973
April 100.0°F — Apr 22, 1989 14.0°F — Apr 12, 1997 4.64 in — Apr 30, 1978
May 106.0°F — May 29, 2011 25.2°F — May 3, 2013 3.45 in — May 29, 2001
June 111.0°F — Jun 27, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 2, 2013 4.39 in — Jun 30, 2024
July 109.0°F — Jul 8, 1978 46.0°F — Jul 13, 1990 4.74 in — Jul 4, 2010
August 108.0°F — Aug 4, 2008 46.9°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.86 in — Aug 29, 2003
September 107.1°F — Sep 1, 2011 28.9°F — Sep 22, 1995 2.52 in — Sep 24, 1959
October 100.9°F — Oct 17, 2016 10.2°F — Oct 31, 2019 4.14 in — Oct 9, 1949
November 91.0°F — Nov 8, 1980 0.0°F — Nov 28, 1958 3.42 in — Nov 8, 2024
December 86.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -20.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.43 in — Dec 29, 2006

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