All-time weather records — Seneca, KS

Record high
104.0°F
July 26, 2012
Record low
-20.9°F
February 17, 2021
Wettest day
3.55 in
August 30, 2016

Climate change signal in Seneca

55.2%

of Seneca's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (202 of 366 records since 2015).

43.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (158 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 #
2000s
8
32
2010s
304
294
2020s
54
40

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 2009, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 2009-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 29, 2013 -15.0°F — Jan 1, 2018 0.91 in — Jan 3, 2023
February 75.9°F — Feb 23, 2017 -20.9°F — Feb 17, 2021 1.27 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 90.0°F — Mar 20, 2017 -8.0°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.36 in — Mar 25, 2010
April 90.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 15.1°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.50 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 100.9°F — May 26, 2018 30.0°F — May 3, 2013 3.24 in — May 29, 2013
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2018 39.9°F — Jun 1, 2012 3.12 in — Jun 15, 2012
July 104.0°F — Jul 26, 2012 46.9°F — Jul 3, 2014 2.93 in — Jul 27, 2020
August 104.0°F — Aug 20, 2023 44.1°F — Aug 31, 2009 3.55 in — Aug 30, 2016
September 102.9°F — Sep 2, 2011 32.0°F — Sep 13, 2014 3.21 in — Sep 14, 2016
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 2023 18.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 2.10 in — Oct 29, 2013
November 79.0°F — Nov 2, 2022 1.9°F — Nov 18, 2014 2.10 in — Nov 25, 2020
December 66.0°F — Dec 3, 2012 -14.1°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.74 in — Dec 14, 2015

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