All-time weather records — St. Francis, KS

Record high
111.0°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-31.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.52 in
May 27, 1915

Climate change signal in St. Francis

10.4%

of St. Francis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 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 #
1900s
4
12
1910s
47
71
1920s
22
56
1930s
51
38
1940s
43
24
1950s
30
23
1960s
19
19
1970s
27
14
1980s
23
32
1990s
26
25
2000s
25
13
2010s
24
25
2020s
25
14

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 1908, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 27, 1982 -27.9°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.15 in — Jan 20, 1990
February 82.9°F — Feb 17, 1970 -27.9°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.93 in — Feb 18, 1984
March 91.9°F — Mar 28, 1963 -20.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.22 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 97.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 0.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 2.60 in — Apr 16, 2016
May 102.9°F — May 30, 2000 17.1°F — May 1, 1909 4.52 in — May 27, 1915
June 109.9°F — Jun 25, 2012 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1917 3.32 in — Jun 9, 1974
July 111.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 4, 1915 3.15 in — Jul 23, 1929
August 109.9°F — Aug 2, 1938 33.1°F — Aug 26, 1910 3.20 in — Aug 22, 1933
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 1985 18.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.71 in — Sep 2, 1920
October 104.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 0.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 4.10 in — Oct 19, 1908
November 89.1°F — Nov 10, 1927 -9.0°F — Nov 14, 1940 1.23 in — Nov 9, 2024
December 80.1°F — Dec 3, 2021 -31.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.23 in — Dec 4, 1924

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