All-time weather records — Glen Elder, KS

Record high
111.0°F
July 11, 1980
Record low
-27.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
5.03 in
June 11, 1989

Climate change signal in Glen Elder

20.5%

of Glen Elder's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (75 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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 #
1960s
35
56
1970s
48
93
1980s
66
72
1990s
47
58
2000s
67
38
2010s
54
31
2020s
49
18

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 1964, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1964-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 9, 2003 -22.0°F — Jan 4, 1974 0.99 in — Jan 23, 1965
February 82.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -16.1°F — Feb 1, 1979 1.13 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 97.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -9.9°F — Mar 4, 1978 3.09 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 100.0°F — Apr 25, 1989 7.0°F — Apr 20, 2006 3.42 in — Apr 14, 1987
May 102.9°F — May 23, 2005 24.1°F — May 2, 1967 2.47 in — May 25, 2011
June 109.0°F — Jun 27, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1982 5.03 in — Jun 11, 1989
July 111.0°F — Jul 11, 1980 46.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.10 in — Jul 21, 2010
August 109.0°F — Aug 16, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 6, 2012 3.17 in — Aug 7, 2008
September 107.1°F — Sep 3, 2000 25.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 3.95 in — Sep 11, 2003
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 2023 14.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 3.06 in — Oct 8, 1992
November 89.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -9.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 4.57 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 82.0°F — Dec 24, 1964 -27.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.20 in — Dec 16, 1984

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