All-time weather records — Lincoln Center, KS

Record high
900.0°F
June 30, 1942
Record low
-27.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
5.97 in
September 6, 1946

Climate change signal in Lincoln Center

7.4%

of Lincoln Center's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1910s
20
52
1920s
26
32
1930s
90
15
1940s
31
40
1950s
30
22
1960s
27
23
1970s
21
39
1980s
32
53
1990s
22
36
2000s
28
16
2010s
23
19
2020s
16
19

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 1912, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1912-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 1989 -26.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 2.07 in — Jan 9, 1985
February 87.1°F — Mar 1, 1972 -24.0°F — Feb 1, 1979 2.17 in — Feb 25, 1912
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.36 in — Mar 31, 1973
April 104.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 3.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.15 in — Apr 14, 1987
May 108.0°F — May 23, 1939 25.0°F — May 2, 2005 5.50 in — May 22, 1971
June 900.0°F — Jun 30, 1942 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1982 3.85 in — Jun 3, 2005
July 118.9°F — Jul 13, 1934 44.1°F — Jul 14, 1990 4.95 in — Jul 8, 1928
August 118.0°F — Aug 13, 1936 39.9°F — Aug 24, 1928 4.25 in — Aug 14, 1975
September 117.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1916 5.97 in — Sep 6, 1946
October 102.9°F — Oct 5, 1947 6.1°F — Oct 30, 1917 3.87 in — Oct 4, 1976
November 88.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -8.0°F — Nov 22, 1929 2.50 in — Nov 17, 1971
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.63 in — Dec 16, 1984

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