All-time weather records — Independence, KS

Record high
116.1°F
August 9, 1936
Record low
-23.1°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
8.37 in
August 15, 2018

Climate change signal in Independence

4.6%

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

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
41
23
1900s
26
22
1910s
45
47
1920s
14
45
1930s
79
41
1940s
12
40
1950s
45
32
1960s
19
12
1970s
14
28
1980s
15
33
1990s
12
12
2000s
13
10
2010s
21
12
2020s
10
9

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1950 -18.9°F — Jan 4, 1947 2.54 in — Jan 30, 1975
February 88.0°F — Feb 12, 1962 -23.1°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.41 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 98.1°F — Mar 19, 1907 -5.1°F — Mar 7, 1943 5.48 in — Mar 10, 1974
April 100.9°F — Apr 12, 1972 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 4.34 in — Apr 30, 2012
May 102.0°F — May 31, 1934 28.0°F — May 1, 1909 7.69 in — May 27, 1984
June 109.0°F — Jun 22, 1936 42.1°F — Jun 4, 1954 6.80 in — Jun 30, 2007
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.38 in — Jul 2, 1976
August 116.1°F — Aug 9, 1936 43.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 8.37 in — Aug 15, 2018
September 111.0°F — Sep 2, 1939 28.9°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.39 in — Sep 29, 1986
October 99.0°F — Oct 6, 1939 16.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 6.08 in — Oct 20, 1983
November 88.0°F — Nov 16, 1963 5.0°F — Nov 26, 1895 7.35 in — Nov 20, 1979
December 82.9°F — Dec 5, 2008 -16.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.00 in — Dec 4, 2002

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