All-time weather records — Pratt, KS

Record high
115.0°F
June 25, 1911
Record low
-25.1°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.65 in
July 30, 1928

Climate change signal in Pratt

4.4%

of Pratt's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
3
15
1900s
27
60
1910s
41
48
1920s
37
19
1930s
65
18
1940s
12
14
1950s
30
33
1960s
23
27
1970s
18
22
1980s
33
34
1990s
36
34
2000s
17
20
2010s
16
17
2020s
8
5

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 1896, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1895-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 5, 1956 -16.1°F — Jan 15, 1905 1.50 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 89.1°F — Feb 12, 1962 -25.1°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.41 in — Feb 17, 1911
March 98.1°F — Mar 21, 1907 -11.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.80 in — Mar 13, 1999
April 106.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 12.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 6.40 in — Apr 20, 1974
May 107.1°F — May 23, 1996 19.9°F — May 1, 1909 3.25 in — May 25, 1898
June 115.0°F — Jun 25, 1911 37.9°F — Jun 11, 1903 3.90 in — Jun 13, 2010
July 115.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 45.0°F — Jul 14, 1990 6.65 in — Jul 30, 1928
August 115.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 42.1°F — Aug 29, 1917 4.30 in — Aug 7, 1898
September 111.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 26.1°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.58 in — Sep 3, 2018
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 1991 12.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 5.15 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 89.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -2.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 2.60 in — Nov 17, 1996
December 84.9°F — Dec 24, 1955 -20.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.26 in — Dec 10, 2007

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