All-time weather records — Norwich, KS

Record high
117.0°F
August 12, 1936
Record low
-22.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.90 in
November 1, 1998

Climate change signal in Norwich

2.2%

of Norwich's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (8 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
8
18
1900s
20
51
1910s
43
57
1920s
37
36
1930s
82
34
1940s
27
28
1950s
20
19
1960s
20
30
1970s
20
20
1980s
26
24
1990s
25
11
2000s
15
14
2010s
23
24
2020s
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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 1896, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1895-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 22, 1943 -17.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 4.10 in — Jan 17, 2017
February 88.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -22.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.51 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 1916 -6.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 3.54 in — Mar 29, 1918
April 98.1°F — Apr 12, 1972 14.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 6.22 in — Apr 14, 1999
May 104.0°F — May 29, 1913 5.0°F — May 27, 2009 5.18 in — May 12, 2017
June 111.0°F — Jun 5, 1933 36.0°F — Jun 5, 1926 4.59 in — Jun 17, 1975
July 116.1°F — Jul 18, 1936 44.1°F — Jul 20, 1997 4.82 in — Jul 13, 2018
August 117.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 45.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 6.64 in — Aug 24, 2005
September 111.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 33.1°F — Sep 20, 1918 6.46 in — Sep 9, 2016
October 99.0°F — Oct 8, 1979 10.9°F — Oct 30, 1917 5.87 in — Oct 13, 2018
November 87.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 5.0°F — Nov 13, 1940 6.90 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 82.9°F — Dec 24, 1955 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.46 in — Dec 13, 2015

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