All-time weather records — Hays, KS

Record high
113.0°F
June 27, 2012
Record low
-18.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
6.58 in
September 10, 2003

Climate change signal in Hays

44.8%

of Hays's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (164 of 366 records since 2015).

30.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (113 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 #
1950s
·
·
1960s
3
18
1970s
27
82
1980s
14
46
1990s
47
70
2000s
·
·
2010s
181
89
2020s
94
61

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 1969, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1952-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -15.0°F — Jan 6, 1971 0.86 in — Jan 26, 1994
February 90.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -16.1°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.80 in — Feb 25, 2007
March 91.0°F — Mar 28, 2025 -0.9°F — Mar 5, 1989 2.50 in — Mar 24, 2007
April 98.1°F — Apr 25, 2012 14.0°F — Apr 7, 1994 3.85 in — Apr 17, 2016
May 100.9°F — May 20, 2014 32.0°F — May 1, 2017 3.27 in — May 30, 1959
June 113.0°F — Jun 27, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 5, 1972 3.40 in — Jun 18, 1993
July 111.0°F — Jul 16, 2024 37.9°F — Jul 3, 2025 3.33 in — Jul 28, 2004
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1970 50.0°F — Aug 28, 1992 4.73 in — Aug 3, 1972
September 109.0°F — Sep 2, 2011 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 6.58 in — Sep 10, 2003
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1994 12.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.93 in — Oct 8, 2018
November 95.0°F — Nov 11, 1971 3.0°F — Nov 3, 1991 2.10 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 82.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -18.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.83 in — Dec 28, 2019

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