All-time weather records — Sharon Springs, KS

Record high
111.9°F
June 24, 1971
Record low
-23.1°F
February 15, 2021
Wettest day
5.35 in
May 22, 1976

Climate change signal in Sharon Springs

6%

of Sharon Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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
81
6
1920s
8
41
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
48
69
1960s
70
55
1970s
41
50
1980s
36
51
1990s
24
31
2000s
23
22
2010s
23
25
2020s
12
16

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 84.9°F — Jan 3, 1898 -20.0°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.14 in — Jan 14, 1960
February 82.0°F — Feb 11, 1962 -23.1°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.45 in — Feb 2, 2016
March 90.0°F — Mar 30, 1893 -18.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.42 in — Mar 27, 1931
April 98.1°F — Apr 22, 1989 8.1°F — Apr 12, 1953 3.95 in — Apr 17, 2015
May 102.9°F — May 24, 1967 21.0°F — May 1, 1967 5.35 in — May 22, 1976
June 111.9°F — Jun 24, 1971 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1951 4.80 in — Jun 21, 2011
July 109.0°F — Jul 3, 1969 41.0°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.60 in — Jul 26, 2005
August 109.9°F — Aug 25, 1897 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1993 4.22 in — Aug 26, 1933
September 106.0°F — Sep 11, 1895 21.9°F — Sep 30, 1985 4.32 in — Sep 17, 1969
October 100.0°F — Oct 7, 1897 3.9°F — Oct 23, 1982 2.85 in — Oct 29, 2000
November 91.9°F — Nov 16, 1896 -9.0°F — Nov 16, 2014 1.90 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 82.0°F — Dec 17, 1980 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.34 in — Dec 30, 2006

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