All-time weather records — Marion, KS

Record high
109.9°F
July 28, 2011
Record low
-24.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
5.87 in
April 24, 2008

Climate change signal in Marion

22.4%

of Marion's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (82 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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 #
1960s
27
41
1970s
29
93
1980s
73
89
1990s
53
52
2000s
71
35
2010s
66
33
2020s
47
23

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 1966, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1966-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -16.1°F — Jan 31, 1979 1.51 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 80.1°F — Feb 23, 2017 -20.0°F — Feb 10, 2011 1.93 in — Feb 24, 2001
March 88.0°F — Mar 20, 2017 -5.1°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.70 in — Mar 29, 2017
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 1989 10.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 5.87 in — Apr 24, 2008
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1998 26.1°F — May 2, 1967 4.33 in — May 8, 2019
June 105.1°F — Jun 28, 1980 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1982 4.79 in — Jun 13, 2010
July 109.9°F — Jul 28, 2011 46.0°F — Jul 8, 1985 4.90 in — Jul 4, 2016
August 109.0°F — Aug 3, 2011 46.9°F — Aug 27, 1967 4.40 in — Aug 14, 1975
September 107.1°F — Sep 3, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.68 in — Sep 24, 1998
October 97.0°F — Oct 2, 2006 14.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 3.95 in — Oct 10, 1985
November 82.9°F — Nov 2, 2016 3.9°F — Nov 13, 1986 3.52 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 77.0°F — Dec 1, 1989 -24.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.49 in — Dec 31, 2007

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