All-time weather records — McPherson, KS

Record high
117.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-22.0°F
January 3, 1919
Wettest day
5.05 in
May 24, 2007

Climate change signal in McPherson

7.7%

of McPherson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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
25
36
1900s
25
36
1910s
43
43
1920s
27
31
1930s
81
27
1940s
8
26
1950s
42
21
1960s
8
29
1970s
5
30
1980s
31
20
1990s
18
17
2000s
12
13
2010s
22
27
2020s
19
10

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 79.0°F — Jan 10, 1990 -22.0°F — Jan 3, 1919 1.67 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 82.9°F — Feb 14, 1954 -22.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.55 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -11.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.54 in — Mar 19, 1984
April 99.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 9.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.26 in — Apr 19, 1933
May 106.0°F — May 23, 1939 21.9°F — May 1, 1909 5.05 in — May 24, 2007
June 114.1°F — Jun 26, 1911 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1893 4.15 in — Jun 8, 1966
July 117.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 46.9°F — Jul 7, 1908 4.52 in — Jul 4, 1897
August 117.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 43.0°F — Aug 26, 1910 4.37 in — Aug 6, 1980
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.15 in — Sep 26, 1973
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 1954 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 4.07 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 89.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -2.9°F — Nov 13, 1940 3.14 in — Nov 3, 1938
December 81.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -20.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.98 in — Dec 11, 2007

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