All-time weather records — Nickerson, KS

Record high
111.9°F
June 27, 1980
Record low
-18.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
7.20 in
August 12, 2002

Climate change signal in Nickerson

11.5%

of Nickerson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

11.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (43 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
13
16
1900s
1
1
1950s
65
56
1960s
39
62
1970s
35
55
1980s
57
45
1990s
32
36
2000s
42
28
2010s
55
46
2020s
27
21

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 82.0°F — Jan 10, 1990 -14.1°F — Jan 24, 1894 1.77 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 84.0°F — Feb 9, 1976 -13.0°F — Feb 8, 1971 2.20 in — Feb 24, 2020
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -8.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 3.50 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 102.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 16.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.80 in — Apr 11, 1967
May 102.9°F — May 25, 1953 28.0°F — May 14, 1953 4.90 in — May 30, 2013
June 111.9°F — Jun 27, 1980 41.0°F — Jun 4, 1954 5.65 in — Jun 13, 2010
July 111.9°F — Jul 28, 2011 48.9°F — Jul 14, 1990 3.42 in — Jul 1, 1982
August 109.9°F — Aug 28, 1984 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1978 7.20 in — Aug 12, 2002
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2011 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.84 in — Sep 17, 1978
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 1954 14.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 3.75 in — Oct 30, 1979
November 89.1°F — Nov 8, 1980 0.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 3.94 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 80.1°F — Dec 24, 1955 -18.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.30 in — Dec 15, 1984

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