All-time weather records — Gardner, KS

Record high
114.1°F
July 13, 1954
Record low
-14.8°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
5.66 in
July 11, 2006

Climate change signal in Gardner

23%

of Gardner's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (84 of 366 records since 2015).

16.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (60 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
19
26
1950s
84
76
1960s
64
87
1970s
·
3
1990s
11
16
2000s
61
59
2010s
70
64
2020s
57
35

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 1945, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 8, 2003 -11.9°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.85 in — Jan 2, 2023
February 81.0°F — Feb 22, 2017 -14.8°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.02 in — Feb 17, 1961
March 93.9°F — Mar 26, 2026 -6.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.86 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 91.9°F — Apr 25, 2012 18.1°F — Apr 7, 2007 5.50 in — Apr 26, 1949
May 95.0°F — May 26, 1953 30.9°F — May 3, 2005 3.53 in — May 29, 1967
June 104.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 4, 1945 4.23 in — Jun 4, 1965
July 114.1°F — Jul 13, 1954 5.0°F — Jul 20, 2001 5.66 in — Jul 11, 2006
August 111.0°F — Aug 2, 2011 46.9°F — Aug 20, 1950 4.12 in — Aug 16, 1965
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2000 0.0°F — Sep 30, 2000 4.96 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1963 23.0°F — Oct 26, 1957 3.47 in — Oct 7, 2018
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 1964 3.9°F — Nov 17, 1959 3.07 in — Nov 15, 1964
December 73.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -11.0°F — Dec 9, 2005 2.62 in — Dec 13, 2015

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