All-time weather records — Ellsworth, KS

Record high
117.0°F
August 12, 1936
Record low
-53.0°F
October 13, 1942
Wettest day
7.25 in
May 24, 2007

Climate change signal in Ellsworth

8.7%

of Ellsworth's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
14
39
1910s
50
64
1920s
22
28
1930s
100
15
1940s
24
25
1950s
23
22
1960s
16
34
1970s
23
39
1980s
33
42
1990s
5
21
2000s
12
8
2010s
25
21
2020s
19
8

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 1904, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1904-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 28, 2015 -29.9°F — Jan 8, 1913 1.75 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 89.1°F — Mar 1, 1972 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.05 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 98.1°F — Mar 21, 1907 -16.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 4.00 in — Mar 28, 1914
April 100.9°F — Apr 23, 1989 7.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.25 in — Apr 13, 1955
May 108.0°F — May 23, 1939 17.1°F — May 1, 1909 7.25 in — May 24, 2007
June 115.0°F — Jun 25, 1911 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1964 4.72 in — Jun 10, 2014
July 116.1°F — Jul 24, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 4, 1995 5.30 in — Jul 25, 1990
August 117.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 39.9°F — Aug 26, 1910 4.37 in — Aug 31, 2016
September 114.1°F — Sep 3, 1947 24.1°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.87 in — Sep 19, 1967
October 102.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 -53.0°F — Oct 13, 1942 6.84 in — Oct 10, 2018
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -7.1°F — Nov 22, 1929 2.32 in — Nov 12, 2010
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.42 in — Dec 15, 1984

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