All-time weather records — Paola, KS

Record high
111.0°F
July 10, 1980
Record low
-22.0°F
February 17, 1903
Wettest day
8.23 in
November 16, 1928

Climate change signal in Paola

0%

of Paola'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
20
1900s
45
43
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
4
14
1950s
·
·
1960s
65
64
1970s
66
86
1980s
89
75
1990s
30
38
2000s
42
26

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 1895, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1895-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 13, 1898 -16.1°F — Jan 10, 1982 1.93 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 82.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -22.0°F — Feb 17, 1903 2.73 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 93.9°F — Mar 22, 1907 -7.1°F — Mar 4, 1978 4.03 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 91.9°F — Apr 12, 1972 14.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.38 in — Apr 22, 1944
May 96.1°F — May 20, 2006 24.1°F — May 4, 1907 4.20 in — May 24, 1991
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1980 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1982 5.94 in — Jun 21, 1984
July 111.0°F — Jul 10, 1980 37.9°F — Jul 27, 2005 5.34 in — Jul 11, 1958
August 109.0°F — Aug 29, 1984 45.0°F — Aug 29, 1988 6.45 in — Aug 13, 1946
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 7.96 in — Sep 4, 1961
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2000 19.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 3.87 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 87.1°F — Nov 18, 1908 3.0°F — Nov 29, 1896 8.23 in — Nov 16, 1928
December 72.0°F — Dec 7, 1966 -20.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.90 in — Dec 18, 1895

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