All-time weather records — Leavenworth, KS

Record high
114.1°F
August 14, 1936
Record low
-27.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.97 in
September 12, 1977

Climate change signal in Leavenworth

0%

of Leavenworth's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
3
1
1900s
8
17
1910s
31
34
1920s
28
41
1930s
123
21
1940s
43
40
1950s
38
28
1960s
27
58
1970s
8
39
1980s
30
63
1990s
11
20
2000s
15
3
2010s
1
1

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 2011. Period of observation: 1891-2011.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 23, 1967 -22.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.55 in — Jan 30, 1988
February 84.0°F — Feb 24, 1930 -20.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.00 in — Feb 27, 2001
March 90.0°F — Mar 21, 1916 -9.9°F — Mar 4, 1978 4.50 in — Mar 13, 1937
April 95.0°F — Apr 10, 1930 3.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.52 in — Apr 1, 1967
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 27.0°F — May 1, 1963 4.43 in — May 15, 1990
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1980 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1983 5.06 in — Jun 19, 2001
July 109.9°F — Jul 13, 1934 41.0°F — Jul 16, 1922 6.23 in — Jul 7, 1986
August 114.1°F — Aug 14, 1936 41.0°F — Aug 20, 1967 4.50 in — Aug 20, 1937
September 111.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 27.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 6.97 in — Sep 12, 1977
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1939 16.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 5.59 in — Oct 2, 2005
November 91.9°F — Nov 15, 1905 -2.0°F — Nov 26, 1977 4.10 in — Nov 7, 1918
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.20 in — Dec 7, 1980

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