All-time weather records — Sedan, KS

Record high
118.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-27.0°F
January 30, 1949
Wettest day
8.74 in
October 3, 1986

Climate change signal in Sedan

10.4%

of Sedan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
19
14
1900s
12
26
1910s
40
36
1920s
28
27
1930s
76
32
1940s
20
28
1950s
52
38
1960s
23
52
1970s
12
49
1980s
11
18
1990s
9
12
2000s
14
7
2010s
23
19
2020s
27
8

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

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 24, 1950 -27.0°F — Jan 30, 1949 3.45 in — Jan 19, 1894
February 89.1°F — Feb 12, 1962 -24.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 3.62 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 100.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -7.1°F — Mar 7, 1943 2.91 in — Mar 13, 1922
April 99.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 10.9°F — Apr 3, 1936 5.25 in — Apr 10, 1944
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1934 25.0°F — May 1, 1909 7.22 in — May 25, 1982
June 108.0°F — Jun 22, 1936 39.9°F — Jun 5, 1920 4.99 in — Jun 30, 1951
July 118.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 46.9°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.15 in — Jul 15, 1959
August 116.1°F — Aug 9, 1936 37.9°F — Aug 31, 1920 4.80 in — Aug 12, 1948
September 113.0°F — Sep 2, 1939 0.0°F — Sep 9, 1926 6.68 in — Sep 30, 1986
October 100.9°F — Oct 6, 1947 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 8.74 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 88.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 3.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 6.70 in — Nov 21, 1979
December 82.0°F — Dec 28, 2025 -15.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.47 in — Dec 19, 1895

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