All-time weather records — Russell, KS

Record high
114.1°F
June 30, 1980
Record low
-24.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
5.73 in
September 17, 1967

Climate change signal in Russell

18.6%

of Russell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (68 of 366 records since 2015).

10.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (38 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
·
1
1950s
66
74
1960s
51
57
1970s
29
44
1980s
48
58
1990s
29
46
2000s
43
32
2010s
58
31
2020s
42
23

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 1950, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1949-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 31, 1989 -20.0°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.02 in — Jan 3, 1971
February 88.0°F — Feb 18, 2016 -20.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 3.00 in — Feb 27, 1997
March 96.1°F — Mar 21, 2026 -16.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.75 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 100.9°F — Apr 22, 1989 11.1°F — Apr 7, 2009 3.04 in — Apr 15, 1976
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1998 25.0°F — May 13, 1966 4.70 in — May 29, 1991
June 114.1°F — Jun 30, 1980 10.2°F — Jun 10, 2006 3.55 in — Jun 7, 1966
July 111.0°F — Jul 4, 1980 45.0°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.72 in — Jul 1, 1993
August 109.0°F — Aug 8, 1976 45.0°F — Aug 27, 1967 5.15 in — Aug 31, 1969
September 108.0°F — Sep 1, 2011 28.0°F — Sep 22, 1995 5.73 in — Sep 17, 1967
October 99.0°F — Oct 3, 2006 11.1°F — Oct 28, 2017 3.07 in — Oct 30, 1979
November 89.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -5.1°F — Nov 28, 1958 2.17 in — Nov 1, 1981
December 79.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -24.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.78 in — Dec 13, 2015

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