All-time weather records — Parsons, KS

Record high
115.0°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-18.0°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
7.75 in
May 5, 2022

Climate change signal in Parsons

6.3%

of Parsons's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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
28
19
1930s
120
24
1940s
31
38
1950s
68
35
1960s
42
21
1970s
9
36
1980s
11
61
1990s
11
35
2000s
15
41
2010s
14
30
2020s
17
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 1925, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1925-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 24, 1950 -18.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 2.48 in — Jan 5, 1946
February 84.9°F — Feb 12, 1962 -18.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 3.00 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 93.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -2.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 4.44 in — Mar 10, 1974
April 98.1°F — Apr 12, 1972 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 5.82 in — Apr 11, 1994
May 100.9°F — May 31, 1934 30.0°F — May 6, 1944 7.75 in — May 5, 2022
June 108.0°F — Jun 23, 1934 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1983 7.48 in — Jun 22, 1948
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 48.9°F — Jul 6, 1972 7.30 in — Jul 16, 2021
August 113.0°F — Aug 9, 1936 46.9°F — Aug 21, 1950 4.81 in — Aug 16, 1938
September 108.0°F — Sep 2, 1939 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 7.20 in — Sep 14, 1998
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1952 17.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.94 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1937 5.0°F — Nov 16, 1932 5.54 in — Nov 20, 1979
December 77.0°F — Dec 7, 1966 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.84 in — Dec 27, 2015

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