All-time weather records — North Newton, KS

Record high
117.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-27.9°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
7.55 in
September 15, 1969

Climate change signal in North Newton

8.7%

of North Newton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
12
12
1900s
23
50
1910s
63
43
1920s
15
44
1930s
57
32
1940s
14
35
1950s
43
21
1960s
20
25
1970s
12
31
1980s
29
20
1990s
6
12
2000s
19
9
2010s
30
25
2020s
23
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 1897, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1897-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -20.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.93 in — Jan 4, 1946
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 1918 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 1905 2.23 in — Feb 24, 2020
March 93.0°F — Mar 21, 1916 -7.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 4.30 in — Mar 19, 1984
April 97.0°F — Apr 29, 1910 10.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.96 in — Apr 28, 1976
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1913 23.0°F — May 3, 1903 4.45 in — May 17, 1908
June 111.9°F — Jun 25, 1911 39.9°F — Jun 4, 1897 5.75 in — Jun 9, 1923
July 117.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 43.0°F — Jul 13, 1975 5.69 in — Jul 4, 1958
August 115.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 32.0°F — Aug 31, 1911 5.65 in — Aug 26, 1960
September 108.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.9°F — Sep 29, 1916 7.55 in — Sep 15, 1969
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 1954 10.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 3.94 in — Oct 10, 1985
November 88.0°F — Nov 3, 1909 -4.0°F — Nov 13, 1940 5.35 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 81.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.60 in — Dec 4, 1944

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