All-time weather records — Norton, KS

Record high
118.0°F
June 28, 2012
Record low
-27.9°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
5.38 in
October 8, 2011

Climate change signal in Norton

24.9%

of Norton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (91 of 366 records since 2015).

15%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (55 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 #
1960s
45
42
1970s
41
84
1980s
50
79
1990s
38
61
2000s
67
27
2010s
69
46
2020s
56
27

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 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1962-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 11, 1990 -20.9°F — Jan 4, 1974 0.71 in — Jan 27, 1994
February 82.0°F — Feb 18, 1970 -26.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.61 in — Feb 5, 2024
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -13.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 2.08 in — Mar 22, 1979
April 97.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 5.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.74 in — Apr 23, 2010
May 100.9°F — May 15, 2013 24.1°F — May 2, 2005 3.16 in — May 14, 1985
June 118.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 28.0°F — Jun 6, 1998 4.29 in — Jun 24, 1966
July 111.0°F — Jul 7, 1991 42.1°F — Jul 30, 1971 2.55 in — Jul 8, 2012
August 109.0°F — Aug 10, 1964 43.0°F — Aug 4, 1974 3.29 in — Aug 7, 2023
September 107.1°F — Sep 8, 2013 19.9°F — Sep 29, 1984 4.49 in — Sep 22, 1963
October 96.1°F — Oct 12, 2015 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 5.38 in — Oct 8, 2011
November 88.0°F — Nov 7, 1980 -7.1°F — Nov 3, 1991 2.50 in — Nov 17, 2015
December 84.0°F — Dec 24, 1964 -27.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.04 in — Dec 31, 2006

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