All-time weather records — Kansas, IL

Record high
109.9°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-27.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
6.50 in
June 28, 1957

Climate change signal in Kansas

9.3%

of Kansas's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
9
15
1900s
21
44
1910s
54
62
1920s
41
55
1930s
91
28
1940s
17
20
1950s
29
32
1960s
9
19
1970s
9
21
1980s
15
25
1990s
13
14
2000s
12
13
2010s
26
13
2020s
20
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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 23, 1909 -27.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.75 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 77.0°F — Feb 26, 2024 -23.1°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.70 in — Feb 27, 1997
March 89.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -14.1°F — Mar 6, 1960 4.16 in — Mar 14, 1922
April 91.9°F — Apr 11, 1930 14.0°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.76 in — Apr 3, 2018
May 100.9°F — May 31, 1934 26.1°F — May 25, 1925 4.66 in — May 7, 2002
June 108.0°F — Jun 28, 1934 35.1°F — Jun 4, 1945 6.50 in — Jun 28, 1957
July 109.9°F — Jul 14, 1936 45.0°F — Jul 1, 1937 5.18 in — Jul 21, 1973
August 107.1°F — Aug 5, 1918 39.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 4.49 in — Aug 29, 1951
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1925 25.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 6.00 in — Sep 9, 1926
October 96.1°F — Oct 21, 1912 10.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.61 in — Oct 7, 1982
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1933 -2.0°F — Nov 30, 1929 2.75 in — Nov 17, 1958
December 77.0°F — Dec 31, 1990 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.87 in — Dec 30, 1990

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