All-time weather records — Horton, KS

Record high
111.9°F
August 13, 1936
Record low
-33.0°F
January 19, 1892
Wettest day
9.42 in
May 24, 2019

Climate change signal in Horton

5.7%

of Horton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
16
22
1900s
21
22
1910s
31
35
1920s
22
28
1930s
94
22
1940s
21
49
1950s
14
38
1960s
25
32
1970s
17
31
1980s
33
32
1990s
22
18
2000s
17
12
2010s
19
13
2020s
14
12

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 1891, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 29, 2013 -33.0°F — Jan 19, 1892 1.70 in — Jan 31, 2025
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 1930 -26.0°F — Feb 8, 1971 2.34 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 93.9°F — Mar 25, 1907 -18.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.58 in — Mar 11, 1939
April 96.1°F — Apr 20, 1902 3.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.30 in — Apr 9, 1922
May 104.0°F — May 30, 1934 26.1°F — May 4, 1907 9.42 in — May 24, 2019
June 108.0°F — Jun 19, 1936 0.0°F — Jun 12, 1905 6.65 in — Jun 21, 1951
July 111.0°F — Jul 13, 1934 0.0°F — Jul 30, 1922 4.82 in — Jul 30, 2013
August 111.9°F — Aug 13, 1936 0.0°F — Aug 21, 1917 6.00 in — Aug 13, 1900
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 27.0°F — Sep 27, 1942 5.01 in — Sep 12, 1977
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 1976 10.9°F — Oct 28, 1925 7.15 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 84.0°F — Nov 8, 1980 -5.1°F — Nov 27, 1995 2.61 in — Nov 9, 1977
December 73.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.33 in — Dec 8, 1980

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