All-time weather records — Meriden, KS

Record high
111.9°F
August 2, 2011
Record low
-26.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
5.61 in
September 23, 2005

Climate change signal in Meriden

20.8%

of Meriden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (76 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1940s
18
16
1950s
72
51
1960s
38
73
1970s
25
75
1980s
32
70
1990s
25
28
2000s
40
21
2010s
70
21
2020s
46
11

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -20.0°F — Jan 1, 1974 1.26 in — Jan 30, 2002
February 84.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -23.1°F — Feb 1, 1979 1.95 in — Feb 21, 1971
March 96.1°F — Mar 26, 2026 -7.1°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.47 in — Mar 18, 1992
April 97.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 10.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.24 in — Apr 26, 1969
May 98.1°F — May 6, 2023 26.1°F — May 1, 1963 5.10 in — May 6, 2007
June 107.1°F — Jun 13, 1953 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1964 4.15 in — Jun 21, 1984
July 109.9°F — Jul 14, 1980 43.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.69 in — Jul 12, 1951
August 111.9°F — Aug 2, 2011 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1988 4.48 in — Aug 18, 1949
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 28.9°F — Sep 23, 1983 5.61 in — Sep 23, 2005
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1954 19.0°F — Oct 17, 1976 3.48 in — Oct 15, 1980
November 84.9°F — Nov 8, 1980 1.9°F — Nov 28, 1976 4.66 in — Nov 15, 1964
December 75.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.55 in — Dec 7, 1980

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