All-time weather records — Smith Center, KS

Record high
113.0°F
June 28, 2012
Record low
-26.0°F
January 4, 1959
Wettest day
6.44 in
August 2, 1911

Climate change signal in Smith Center

16.1%

of Smith Center's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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 #
1910s
47
74
1920s
27
40
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
32
59
1960s
48
42
1970s
34
31
1980s
45
36
1990s
27
24
2000s
23
12
2010s
44
26
2020s
39
22

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 1912, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1910-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 10, 1990 -26.0°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.35 in — Jan 23, 1965
February 84.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -20.0°F — Feb 13, 2025 1.20 in — Feb 10, 1912
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.60 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 102.0°F — Apr 22, 1989 10.9°F — Apr 5, 1920 3.40 in — Apr 17, 2016
May 105.1°F — May 29, 1913 27.0°F — May 2, 1967 4.60 in — May 23, 1923
June 113.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 6, 1998 4.12 in — Jun 20, 2018
July 111.9°F — Jul 5, 1964 43.0°F — Jul 1, 1959 3.68 in — Jul 26, 1998
August 111.0°F — Aug 15, 1983 39.9°F — Aug 30, 1915 6.44 in — Aug 2, 1911
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 2011 23.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 4.45 in — Sep 18, 1919
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1924 3.0°F — Oct 27, 1997 3.51 in — Oct 6, 1959
November 87.1°F — Nov 6, 1980 -6.0°F — Nov 28, 1958 3.20 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 77.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.78 in — Dec 18, 1918

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