All-time weather records — Powhattan, KS

Record high
104.0°F
July 19, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
February 17, 2021
Wettest day
8.31 in
September 14, 2016

Climate change signal in Powhattan

42.9%

of Powhattan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (157 of 366 records since 2015).

33.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (121 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 #
1940s
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
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1970s
·
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1980s
1
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1990s
·
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2000s
54
95
2010s
253
214
2020s
58
57

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 1981, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1947-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 29, 2015 -16.1°F — Jan 1, 2018 1.35 in — Jan 4, 1949
February 77.0°F — Feb 23, 2017 -20.9°F — Feb 17, 2021 1.96 in — Feb 10, 2001
March 88.0°F — Mar 20, 2017 -2.0°F — Mar 12, 2022 2.47 in — Mar 24, 2009
April 97.0°F — Apr 26, 2012 17.1°F — Apr 2, 2013 2.96 in — Apr 15, 1999
May 98.1°F — May 15, 2013 30.0°F — May 16, 2014 4.85 in — May 20, 1977
June 102.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 2012 5.83 in — Jun 24, 2000
July 104.0°F — Jul 19, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 16, 2014 6.93 in — Jul 16, 1968
August 104.0°F — Aug 2, 2011 44.1°F — Aug 17, 2012 5.45 in — Aug 3, 1948
September 104.0°F — Sep 3, 2011 30.9°F — Sep 23, 2012 8.31 in — Sep 14, 2016
October 89.1°F — Oct 6, 2007 21.9°F — Oct 7, 2012 5.90 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 80.1°F — Nov 4, 2020 6.1°F — Nov 23, 2007 2.82 in — Nov 5, 2022
December 73.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -9.9°F — Dec 22, 2008 2.52 in — Dec 8, 1980

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