All-time weather records — Emporia, KS

Record high
111.0°F
August 3, 2011
Record low
-22.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
8.69 in
August 12, 2021

Climate change signal in Emporia

23.2%

of Emporia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (85 of 366 records since 2015).

18.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (68 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 #
1970s
2
·
1980s
57
116
1990s
60
91
2000s
76
66
2010s
116
55
2020s
55
38

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 1979, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1979-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 29, 2015 -14.1°F — Jan 10, 1982 1.72 in — Jan 31, 2002
February 80.1°F — Feb 10, 2026 -18.9°F — Feb 17, 2021 1.75 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -2.0°F — Mar 5, 2019 2.10 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 93.9°F — Apr 14, 2006 16.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 3.10 in — Apr 27, 2016
May 97.0°F — May 27, 1985 30.9°F — May 8, 1984 4.61 in — May 7, 2007
June 104.0°F — Jun 26, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 22, 1985 6.03 in — Jun 4, 1985
July 107.1°F — Jul 11, 2011 51.1°F — Jul 3, 2014 5.33 in — Jul 21, 2020
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 2011 46.9°F — Aug 28, 1982 8.69 in — Aug 12, 2021
September 106.0°F — Sep 1, 2011 28.9°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.22 in — Sep 27, 1986
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2006 3.9°F — Oct 13, 2003 7.60 in — Oct 25, 2023
November 86.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 5.0°F — Nov 13, 1986 4.89 in — Nov 1, 1984
December 75.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.90 in — Dec 29, 2019

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