All-time weather records — Olpe, KS

Record high
115.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-16.8°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
6.11 in
June 4, 1965

Climate change signal in Olpe

23.5%

of Olpe's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (86 of 366 records since 2015).

11.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (43 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 #
1950s
97
81
1960s
43
96
1970s
33
76
1980s
2
4
1990s
21
8
2000s
46
37
2010s
64
42
2020s
60
22

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 1950, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1950-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 2, 1997 -16.1°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.45 in — Jan 2, 1951
February 84.0°F — Feb 12, 1962 -16.8°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.32 in — Feb 14, 2026
March 96.1°F — Mar 21, 2026 -3.8°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.30 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 96.1°F — Apr 13, 2006 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.36 in — Apr 26, 2016
May 97.0°F — May 26, 1964 30.0°F — May 3, 1954 3.64 in — May 16, 2021
June 107.1°F — Jun 15, 1953 41.0°F — Jun 6, 1998 6.11 in — Jun 4, 1965
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 48.9°F — Jul 3, 2014 5.61 in — Jul 11, 1951
August 111.9°F — Aug 2, 2011 46.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 3.93 in — Aug 25, 2005
September 109.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 34.0°F — Sep 13, 2014 4.11 in — Sep 22, 1970
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 2006 18.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 4.13 in — Oct 24, 2023
November 87.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -2.0°F — Nov 27, 1975 5.36 in — Nov 1, 1998
December 79.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -9.8°F — Dec 18, 2016 2.07 in — Dec 24, 2023

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