All-time weather records — Manhattan, KS

Record high
116.1°F
August 13, 1936
Record low
-35.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.28 in
June 18, 1977

Climate change signal in Manhattan

4.9%

of Manhattan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
21
34
1900s
24
43
1910s
44
51
1920s
14
29
1930s
92
28
1940s
16
25
1950s
36
37
1960s
8
18
1970s
8
12
1980s
23
21
1990s
24
27
2000s
27
27
2010s
18
8
2020s
11
6

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 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 9, 2012 -31.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.25 in — Jan 16, 1915
February 84.0°F — Feb 28, 2006 -35.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 1.91 in — Feb 17, 1911
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -11.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.85 in — Mar 31, 1927
April 99.0°F — Apr 29, 1910 5.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.78 in — Apr 27, 1985
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 23.0°F — May 4, 1907 5.18 in — May 29, 1962
June 111.9°F — Jun 25, 1911 39.0°F — Jun 3, 1946 6.28 in — Jun 18, 1977
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1934 45.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 5.60 in — Jul 5, 1895
August 116.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 39.9°F — Aug 28, 1916 6.00 in — Aug 13, 1946
September 111.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 26.1°F — Sep 22, 1995 4.64 in — Sep 1, 1931
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 1938 12.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.69 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 90.0°F — Nov 3, 1901 -9.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 3.32 in — Nov 8, 1916
December 77.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -22.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.06 in — Dec 8, 1980

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