All-time weather records — Olathe, KS

Record high
114.1°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-29.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
8.00 in
January 8, 1929

Climate change signal in Olathe

0%

of Olathe's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
25
56
1900s
20
40
1910s
93
68
1920s
27
38
1930s
72
26
1940s
14
30
1950s
38
22
1960s
19
19
1970s
12
27
1980s
15
28
1990s
10
8
2000s
21
4

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 2009. Period of observation: 1893-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 9, 2003 -26.0°F — Jan 22, 1930 8.00 in — Jan 8, 1929
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 1930 -29.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.62 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 91.9°F — Mar 22, 1907 -8.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 3.56 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 96.1°F — Apr 29, 1910 8.1°F — Apr 5, 1920 5.13 in — Apr 22, 1944
May 100.9°F — May 30, 1934 21.9°F — May 4, 1907 6.20 in — May 16, 1990
June 107.1°F — Jun 20, 1918 35.1°F — Jun 6, 1907 8.00 in — Jun 9, 1984
July 114.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 45.0°F — Jul 5, 1915 5.81 in — Jul 30, 2008
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 1918 41.0°F — Aug 29, 1946 6.97 in — Aug 31, 2003
September 107.1°F — Sep 4, 1913 25.0°F — Sep 23, 1945 7.00 in — Sep 7, 1914
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1939 15.1°F — Oct 30, 1917 4.23 in — Oct 10, 1985
November 91.9°F — Nov 24, 1928 -2.0°F — Nov 16, 1932 3.58 in — Nov 20, 1973
December 87.1°F — Dec 8, 1901 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.30 in — Dec 15, 1971

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