All-time weather records — Jamestown, KS

Record high
116.1°F
August 12, 1936
Record low
-33.0°F
January 8, 1886
Wettest day
5.07 in
June 9, 1967

Climate change signal in Jamestown

15%

of Jamestown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1880s
8
37
1890s
38
48
1900s
17
44
1910s
37
36
1920s
19
21
1930s
63
13
1940s
19
18
1960s
20
27
1970s
11
28
1980s
26
33
1990s
19
26
2000s
22
12
2010s
32
18
2020s
35
5

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 1885, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1885-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 10, 1911 -33.0°F — Jan 8, 1886 1.43 in — Jan 26, 1944
February 86.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -25.1°F — Feb 12, 1899 1.82 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 97.0°F — Mar 21, 1907 -11.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.63 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 100.0°F — Apr 20, 1902 12.2°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.94 in — Apr 24, 1904
May 102.0°F — May 29, 1913 24.1°F — May 1, 1909 4.72 in — May 24, 1970
June 109.0°F — Jun 26, 1936 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 5.07 in — Jun 9, 1967
July 114.1°F — Jul 13, 1934 46.0°F — Jul 9, 1895 4.16 in — Jul 23, 1889
August 116.1°F — Aug 12, 1936 41.0°F — Aug 23, 1891 4.42 in — Aug 2, 2013
September 111.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 28.9°F — Sep 22, 1995 4.57 in — Sep 6, 1946
October 102.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 14.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 4.07 in — Oct 30, 1979
November 84.9°F — Nov 8, 2006 -15.0°F — Nov 27, 1887 2.60 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 82.0°F — Dec 23, 1964 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.46 in — Dec 15, 1984

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