All-time weather records — Hill City, KS

Record high
117.0°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-24.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
7.43 in
September 17, 1919

Climate change signal in Hill City

15.3%

of Hill City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1900s
4
12
1910s
38
67
1920s
29
54
1930s
76
27
1940s
36
30
1950s
25
38
1960s
23
39
1970s
18
31
1980s
7
8
1990s
6
12
2000s
28
15
2010s
42
20
2020s
34
13

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 1908, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1907-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 27, 2015 -24.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.00 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 86.0°F — Feb 28, 2006 -23.1°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.32 in — Feb 27, 1918
March 99.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -20.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.52 in — Mar 13, 2021
April 100.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 3.9°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.24 in — Apr 16, 2016
May 105.1°F — May 29, 1913 21.9°F — May 8, 1915 5.61 in — May 28, 2018
June 115.0°F — Jun 26, 2012 33.1°F — Jun 6, 1998 6.23 in — Jun 30, 2018
July 117.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 8, 1952 5.70 in — Jul 29, 1928
August 115.0°F — Aug 6, 1934 39.0°F — Aug 24, 1928 5.04 in — Aug 15, 1980
September 111.9°F — Sep 2, 1939 19.0°F — Sep 20, 1910 7.43 in — Sep 17, 1919
October 100.9°F — Oct 5, 1947 3.0°F — Oct 27, 1997 3.85 in — Oct 2, 2017
November 87.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -11.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 2.52 in — Nov 12, 1912
December 82.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -18.9°F — Dec 12, 1932 2.17 in — Dec 29, 2006

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