All-time weather records — Herndon, KS

Record high
114.1°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-32.1°F
January 11, 1918
Wettest day
5.57 in
July 27, 1893

Climate change signal in Herndon

4.6%

of Herndon's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1890s
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
28
40
1920s
21
40
1930s
67
33
1940s
30
50
1950s
34
40
1960s
41
31
1970s
23
19
1980s
37
34
1990s
22
38
2000s
34
16
2010s
25
22
2020s
4
3

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 1913, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1893-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 12, 1953 -32.1°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.43 in — Jan 20, 1990
February 84.9°F — Feb 17, 1970 -27.9°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.90 in — Feb 11, 1993
March 93.0°F — Mar 30, 1943 -25.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 1.72 in — Mar 18, 1984
April 97.0°F — Apr 16, 2002 0.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 2.75 in — Apr 12, 1897
May 102.9°F — May 30, 2000 21.9°F — May 1, 1966 3.54 in — May 24, 2008
June 111.0°F — Jun 27, 2012 34.0°F — Jun 2, 1917 4.73 in — Jun 13, 1965
July 114.1°F — Jul 24, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 31, 1925 5.57 in — Jul 27, 1893
August 109.9°F — Aug 2, 1938 35.1°F — Aug 24, 1928 3.07 in — Aug 4, 1920
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 1939 3.9°F — Sep 30, 1994 2.95 in — Sep 8, 1901
October 99.0°F — Oct 2, 1963 1.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.05 in — Oct 29, 2000
November 88.0°F — Nov 6, 1980 -18.9°F — Nov 14, 1940 3.24 in — Nov 4, 1922
December 82.9°F — Dec 23, 1964 -31.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.52 in — Dec 5, 1913

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