All-time weather records — Ness City, KS

Record high
114.1°F
June 8, 1985
Record low
-25.1°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
8.30 in
September 5, 1901

Climate change signal in Ness City

6.3%

of Ness City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (33 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
7
11
1900s
31
39
1910s
1
1
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
31
12
1950s
68
37
1960s
17
28
1970s
26
42
1980s
52
68
1990s
29
40
2000s
48
35
2010s
53
46
2020s
3
7

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 1895, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 28, 2015 -18.9°F — Jan 15, 1905 1.25 in — Jan 25, 1932
February 91.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -24.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.00 in — Feb 25, 1911
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 1907 -20.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.50 in — Mar 24, 1987
April 102.9°F — Apr 23, 1989 10.0°F — Apr 7, 1994 4.25 in — Apr 17, 2016
May 105.1°F — May 22, 2005 19.9°F — May 1, 1909 3.00 in — May 2, 1913
June 114.1°F — Jun 8, 1985 32.0°F — Jun 9, 1983 3.27 in — Jun 5, 1930
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 2003 41.0°F — Jul 14, 1990 4.02 in — Jul 7, 1902
August 111.0°F — Aug 6, 1956 42.1°F — Aug 25, 1901 5.10 in — Aug 1, 1903
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 19.9°F — Sep 29, 1984 8.30 in — Sep 5, 1901
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 2000 10.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 2.95 in — Oct 4, 2017
November 91.9°F — Nov 1, 2016 -4.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 2.06 in — Nov 16, 1971
December 82.9°F — Dec 24, 1955 -25.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.30 in — Dec 30, 2006

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