All-time weather records — Howard, KS

Record high
115.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-42.0°F
January 2, 1919
Wettest day
11.40 in
July 3, 1976

Climate change signal in Howard

6.3%

of Howard's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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
27
13
1910s
89
41
1920s
16
6
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
73
58
1960s
31
59
1970s
26
55
1980s
28
54
1990s
13
21
2000s
24
20
2010s
23
24
2020s
16
15

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 1907, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1907-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 29, 2015 -42.0°F — Jan 2, 1919 3.12 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 88.0°F — Feb 1, 1911 -18.0°F — Feb 17, 2021 4.60 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 93.9°F — Mar 20, 1907 -2.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.28 in — Mar 24, 1945
April 97.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 5.50 in — Apr 28, 2024
May 99.0°F — May 26, 1953 27.0°F — May 3, 1907 6.75 in — May 21, 2019
June 108.0°F — Jun 20, 1918 16.0°F — Jun 29, 1909 8.03 in — Jun 30, 2007
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.9°F — Jul 31, 1971 11.40 in — Jul 3, 1976
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 1918 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1988 5.36 in — Aug 26, 1946
September 109.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.54 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1910 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 6.28 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 90.0°F — Nov 3, 1909 -2.9°F — Nov 27, 1975 4.76 in — Nov 7, 1918
December 80.1°F — Dec 3, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.60 in — Dec 20, 2011

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