All-time weather records — Garden City, KS

Record high
111.9°F
June 28, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
January 19, 1984
Wettest day
3.70 in
May 1, 1978

Climate change signal in Garden City

26%

of Garden City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (95 of 366 records since 2015).

12.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (47 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 #
1940s
·
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1950s
12
13
1960s
39
51
1970s
25
59
1980s
41
69
1990s
39
66
2000s
61
37
2010s
87
50
2020s
62
21

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 1956, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -22.0°F — Jan 19, 1984 0.93 in — Jan 19, 1990
February 90.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -20.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.35 in — Feb 24, 2019
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 1.94 in — Mar 19, 1982
April 99.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 9.0°F — Apr 12, 1997 2.17 in — Apr 29, 1985
May 102.9°F — May 19, 1996 24.1°F — May 1, 1967 3.70 in — May 1, 1978
June 111.9°F — Jun 28, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 6, 1998 3.69 in — Jun 28, 2014
July 111.0°F — Jul 17, 2022 44.1°F — Jul 21, 1992 3.27 in — Jul 28, 2018
August 109.9°F — Aug 19, 2024 37.9°F — Aug 15, 1994 3.58 in — Aug 27, 1979
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 2011 25.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 2.15 in — Sep 11, 1961
October 100.0°F — Oct 18, 2016 7.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 2.51 in — Oct 5, 1969
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -5.1°F — Nov 3, 1991 2.06 in — Nov 16, 1971
December 82.0°F — Dec 23, 2025 -20.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 2.12 in — Dec 30, 2006

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