All-time weather records — Oakley, KS

Record high
111.0°F
June 25, 2012
Record low
-52.1°F
June 15, 1957
Wettest day
4.81 in
September 8, 2009

Climate change signal in Oakley

9.3%

of Oakley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

13.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (49 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 #
1920s
24
43
1930s
51
38
1940s
49
34
1950s
59
48
1960s
38
23
1970s
15
14
1980s
19
31
1990s
18
41
2000s
40
25
2010s
29
38
2020s
24
31

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 1921, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 12, 1953 -20.0°F — Jan 17, 1930 1.60 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 84.9°F — Feb 19, 2016 -27.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.27 in — Feb 24, 2020
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.25 in — Mar 15, 1946
April 96.1°F — Apr 22, 1950 -2.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.52 in — Apr 18, 1942
May 102.9°F — May 30, 2003 23.0°F — May 3, 2013 3.80 in — May 11, 2017
June 111.0°F — Jun 25, 2012 -52.1°F — Jun 15, 1957 3.55 in — Jun 29, 2014
July 111.0°F — Jul 11, 1954 41.0°F — Jul 12, 1990 3.60 in — Jul 16, 1994
August 108.0°F — Aug 6, 1934 41.0°F — Aug 24, 1928 3.25 in — Aug 1, 1975
September 105.1°F — Sep 4, 1945 21.9°F — Sep 25, 1926 4.81 in — Sep 8, 2009
October 97.0°F — Oct 6, 2024 1.9°F — Oct 28, 2020 3.85 in — Oct 4, 1930
November 97.0°F — Nov 9, 2019 -9.9°F — Nov 13, 1940 2.63 in — Nov 16, 1971
December 84.0°F — Dec 23, 1964 -20.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.87 in — Dec 30, 2006

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