All-time weather records — Lewis, KS

Record high
111.0°F
July 17, 2003
Record low
-18.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
5.87 in
September 26, 1973

Climate change signal in Lewis

0%

of Lewis'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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
1
1
1950s
66
77
1960s
60
61
1970s
60
57
1980s
55
81
1990s
60
50
2000s
64
39

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 1949, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1935-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 23, 1967 -15.0°F — Jan 7, 1988 1.27 in — Jan 28, 2001
February 88.0°F — Feb 21, 1981 -18.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 3.62 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 91.9°F — Mar 11, 1989 -7.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.30 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 99.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 0.0°F — Apr 12, 2003 3.43 in — Apr 28, 1976
May 102.9°F — May 18, 1996 28.0°F — May 3, 1954 4.94 in — May 20, 1995
June 109.9°F — Jun 14, 1953 34.0°F — Jun 1, 2003 4.13 in — Jun 30, 1987
July 111.0°F — Jul 17, 2003 46.0°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.87 in — Jul 19, 1988
August 109.9°F — Aug 10, 1962 42.1°F — Aug 21, 1950 5.50 in — Aug 4, 1987
September 106.0°F — Sep 7, 1998 21.0°F — Sep 25, 2000 5.87 in — Sep 26, 1973
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1963 14.0°F — Oct 9, 2000 3.92 in — Oct 2, 1998
November 90.0°F — Nov 9, 1980 -4.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 2.70 in — Nov 17, 1971
December 84.9°F — Dec 25, 1955 -18.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.70 in — Dec 15, 1984

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