All-time weather records — Scott City, KS

Record high
114.1°F
July 13, 1913
Record low
-26.0°F
January 11, 1918
Wettest day
7.29 in
June 20, 2018

Climate change signal in Scott City

10.7%

of Scott City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
6
19
1900s
14
45
1910s
57
58
1920s
25
36
1930s
33
25
1940s
36
25
1950s
33
24
1960s
19
27
1970s
17
14
1980s
26
29
1990s
22
27
2000s
26
8
2010s
28
16
2020s
24
13

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 12, 1953 -26.0°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.25 in — Jan 26, 1944
February 87.1°F — Feb 19, 2016 -18.9°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.82 in — Feb 25, 1912
March 98.1°F — Mar 19, 1907 -18.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.10 in — Mar 14, 1912
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1914 3.9°F — Apr 2, 1936 2.86 in — Apr 24, 2025
May 104.0°F — May 17, 1927 19.0°F — May 1, 1909 2.95 in — May 28, 1988
June 111.0°F — Jun 8, 1985 34.0°F — Jun 2, 1917 7.29 in — Jun 20, 2018
July 114.1°F — Jul 13, 1913 41.0°F — Jul 31, 1925 6.46 in — Jul 3, 1950
August 111.0°F — Aug 9, 2025 39.0°F — Aug 24, 1928 3.55 in — Aug 9, 1915
September 107.1°F — Sep 5, 1914 23.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.31 in — Sep 17, 1919
October 99.0°F — Oct 17, 1926 3.9°F — Oct 29, 1917 4.16 in — Oct 11, 1930
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -9.0°F — Nov 22, 1929 1.92 in — Nov 19, 1975
December 82.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -20.9°F — Dec 31, 1900 2.73 in — Dec 30, 2006

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