All-time weather records — Highland, KS

Record high
106.0°F
July 13, 1954
Record low
-23.1°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
7.75 in
September 14, 2016

Climate change signal in Highland

9%

of Highland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

14.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (54 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
92
43
1960s
41
44
1970s
35
54
1980s
62
51
1990s
38
46
2000s
33
50
2010s
58
43
2020s
7
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 1950, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 29, 2013 -18.0°F — Jan 10, 1982 1.96 in — Jan 1, 1965
February 79.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -23.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.05 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 1986 -13.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.68 in — Mar 24, 1957
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 2012 8.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.14 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 98.1°F — May 28, 2018 26.1°F — May 2, 2023 6.80 in — May 3, 1958
June 102.9°F — Jun 18, 1953 39.9°F — Jun 1, 2012 5.55 in — Jun 8, 1984
July 106.0°F — Jul 13, 1954 45.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.00 in — Jul 15, 2020
August 106.0°F — Aug 17, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 5.05 in — Aug 24, 2007
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1975 30.0°F — Sep 19, 1991 7.75 in — Sep 14, 2016
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2006 8.1°F — Oct 25, 1986 3.16 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 82.9°F — Nov 8, 1980 -7.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.48 in — Nov 5, 2022
December 72.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.20 in — Dec 24, 2023

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