All-time weather records — Topeka, KS

Record high
109.0°F
August 19, 2023
Record low
-20.9°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
4.28 in
September 10, 2015

Climate change signal in Topeka

64.8%

of Topeka's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (237 of 366 records since 2015).

54.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (199 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
39
2010s
220
210
2020s
138
117

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 2026. Period of observation: 2009-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -11.9°F — Jan 21, 2025 1.13 in — Jan 8, 2026
February 82.0°F — Feb 26, 2024 -20.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.15 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 96.1°F — Mar 26, 2026 -4.0°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.05 in — Mar 29, 2017
April 96.1°F — Apr 25, 2012 17.1°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.61 in — Apr 26, 2009
May 96.1°F — May 9, 2011 33.1°F — May 16, 2014 2.83 in — May 26, 2016
June 105.1°F — Jun 28, 2012 45.0°F — Jun 1, 2012 3.09 in — Jun 16, 2010
July 105.1°F — Jul 29, 2012 48.9°F — Jul 16, 2014 2.73 in — Jul 28, 2009
August 109.0°F — Aug 19, 2023 46.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 3.74 in — Aug 21, 2017
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 2011 35.1°F — Sep 23, 2012 4.28 in — Sep 10, 2015
October 93.0°F — Oct 7, 2020 18.0°F — Oct 19, 2022 2.41 in — Oct 8, 2018
November 81.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 7.0°F — Nov 18, 2014 2.28 in — Nov 7, 2011
December 75.0°F — Dec 15, 2021 -9.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.67 in — Dec 13, 2015

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