All-time weather records — Junction City, KS

Record high
111.9°F
August 20, 2023
Record low
-20.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
5.10 in
May 25, 2020

Climate change signal in Junction City

15.8%

of Junction City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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 #
1960s
23
30
1970s
50
91
1980s
76
92
1990s
47
50
2000s
69
51
2010s
65
32
2020s
36
20

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 1965, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1965-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 29, 2013 -17.0°F — Jan 12, 1985 1.60 in — Jan 6, 2025
February 80.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -18.0°F — Feb 1, 1979 2.10 in — Feb 26, 2001
March 91.9°F — Mar 26, 2026 -9.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.45 in — Mar 27, 2017
April 96.1°F — Apr 26, 1989 8.1°F — Apr 4, 1975 2.93 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1998 28.9°F — May 11, 1981 5.10 in — May 25, 2020
June 108.0°F — Jun 28, 1980 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 4.95 in — Jun 17, 2010
July 109.9°F — Jul 15, 1980 46.9°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.12 in — Jul 20, 1973
August 111.9°F — Aug 20, 2023 46.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 4.73 in — Aug 16, 1990
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.17 in — Sep 3, 2018
October 95.0°F — Oct 6, 2024 14.0°F — Oct 8, 1996 3.99 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 84.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -0.9°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.03 in — Nov 2, 1998
December 75.0°F — Dec 1, 1995 -20.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.82 in — Dec 11, 2007

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