All-time weather records — Plainville, KS

Record high
116.1°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-29.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.00 in
September 12, 1961

Climate change signal in Plainville

15%

of Plainville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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
·
·
1900s
2
24
1910s
14
40
1920s
30
50
1930s
86
32
1940s
29
33
1950s
44
28
1960s
24
27
1970s
15
24
1980s
21
23
1990s
12
40
2000s
16
10
2010s
37
20
2020s
36
15

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 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 28, 2015 -20.9°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.28 in — Jan 27, 1995
February 87.1°F — Feb 19, 2016 -18.9°F — Feb 8, 1936 1.76 in — Feb 20, 1954
March 100.9°F — Mar 22, 2026 -20.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 3.35 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 102.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 5.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 4.38 in — Apr 17, 2016
May 102.9°F — May 23, 1939 25.0°F — May 3, 1907 4.28 in — May 24, 2016
June 114.1°F — Jun 28, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 2, 1969 4.70 in — Jun 17, 1957
July 116.1°F — Jul 24, 1936 45.0°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.95 in — Jul 29, 1928
August 113.0°F — Aug 9, 1937 37.9°F — Aug 24, 1928 3.87 in — Aug 7, 2008
September 111.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 26.1°F — Sep 20, 1918 6.00 in — Sep 12, 1961
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 6.1°F — Oct 26, 1997 2.40 in — Oct 2, 1950
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -8.0°F — Nov 14, 1940 3.08 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 82.9°F — Dec 3, 2021 -29.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.70 in — Dec 14, 2015

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