All-time weather records — Elkhart, KS

Record high
109.9°F
June 25, 1980
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1984
Wettest day
6.80 in
July 31, 1911

Climate change signal in Elkhart

13.4%

of Elkhart's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (49 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
16
44
1910s
23
87
1920s
37
62
1930s
40
23
1940s
20
24
1950s
26
21
1960s
22
11
1970s
20
22
1980s
51
29
1990s
18
15
2000s
28
4
2010s
34
9
2020s
31
15

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 1900, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 30, 1986 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1984 1.36 in — Jan 26, 1944
February 87.1°F — Feb 1, 1963 -18.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.10 in — Feb 25, 1912
March 99.0°F — Mar 27, 2026 -18.0°F — Mar 7, 1920 2.53 in — Mar 19, 1982
April 96.1°F — Apr 24, 2006 8.1°F — Apr 4, 1920 2.85 in — Apr 20, 1942
May 104.0°F — May 20, 1956 21.0°F — May 4, 1979 4.65 in — May 2, 1979
June 109.9°F — Jun 25, 1980 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1919 5.90 in — Jun 27, 2004
July 109.9°F — Jul 13, 1913 45.0°F — Jul 4, 1903 6.80 in — Jul 31, 1911
August 108.0°F — Aug 1, 1935 43.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 6.75 in — Aug 24, 1972
September 105.1°F — Sep 5, 2000 25.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 6.12 in — Sep 15, 1923
October 97.0°F — Oct 17, 2016 6.1°F — Oct 29, 1917 3.05 in — Oct 7, 1946
November 91.0°F — Nov 9, 1980 -7.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.80 in — Nov 16, 1971
December 84.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -18.0°F — Dec 21, 1916 2.76 in — Dec 20, 1911

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