All-time weather records — Medicine Lodge, KS

Record high
115.0°F
August 24, 2024
Record low
-17.0°F
February 10, 2011
Wettest day
5.13 in
October 31, 1998

Climate change signal in Medicine Lodge

43.7%

of Medicine Lodge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (160 of 366 records since 2015).

36.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (133 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 #
1990s
18
24
2000s
102
127
2010s
131
145
2020s
115
70

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 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1998-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 20, 2018 -9.8°F — Jan 21, 2025 1.98 in — Jan 15, 2017
February 88.0°F — Feb 26, 2024 -17.0°F — Feb 10, 2011 3.35 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 102.9°F — Mar 26, 2026 -6.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.74 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 102.0°F — Apr 17, 2025 19.0°F — Apr 7, 2009 2.35 in — Apr 20, 2005
May 104.0°F — May 8, 2011 29.1°F — May 3, 2013 3.49 in — May 6, 2007
June 111.0°F — Jun 26, 2011 44.1°F — Jun 6, 1998 3.39 in — Jun 12, 2005
July 114.1°F — Jul 9, 2011 52.0°F — Jul 2, 2013 4.37 in — Jul 21, 2015
August 115.0°F — Aug 24, 2024 51.1°F — Aug 20, 2012 3.87 in — Aug 30, 2003
September 108.0°F — Sep 3, 2012 33.1°F — Sep 26, 2000 4.18 in — Sep 25, 2017
October 100.0°F — Oct 9, 2021 15.3°F — Oct 31, 2019 5.13 in — Oct 31, 1998
November 91.0°F — Nov 8, 2006 4.1°F — Nov 12, 2019 2.60 in — Nov 12, 2010
December 82.9°F — Dec 25, 2025 -10.8°F — Dec 18, 2016 2.41 in — Dec 26, 2018

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