All-time weather records — Ulysses, KS

Record high
116.1°F
July 28, 1894
Record low
-27.0°F
January 19, 1984
Wettest day
4.75 in
August 2, 1976

Climate change signal in Ulysses

8.7%

of Ulysses's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
45
40
1900s
33
59
1910s
27
31
1920s
15
27
1930s
21
19
1940s
25
24
1950s
27
21
1960s
15
16
1970s
26
20
1980s
45
40
1990s
18
21
2000s
23
15
2010s
25
25
2020s
21
8

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 82.9°F — Jan 21, 1986 -27.0°F — Jan 19, 1984 1.00 in — Jan 29, 2010
February 90.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 -20.0°F — Feb 12, 1905 2.50 in — Feb 25, 1903
March 98.1°F — Mar 20, 1907 -18.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.40 in — Mar 28, 1980
April 102.9°F — Apr 23, 1989 0.0°F — Apr 17, 1906 3.48 in — Apr 18, 1942
May 102.9°F — May 25, 1896 19.0°F — May 1, 1909 4.42 in — May 19, 1955
June 111.0°F — Jun 20, 1899 32.0°F — Jun 14, 1915 4.10 in — Jun 6, 1903
July 116.1°F — Jul 28, 1894 41.0°F — Jul 2, 1909 2.93 in — Jul 2, 2016
August 109.0°F — Aug 18, 1978 39.9°F — Aug 30, 1915 4.75 in — Aug 2, 1976
September 107.1°F — Sep 3, 1947 16.0°F — Sep 11, 1908 2.75 in — Sep 17, 1923
October 100.0°F — Oct 18, 2016 0.0°F — Oct 26, 1915 3.29 in — Oct 11, 1930
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -9.0°F — Nov 14, 1916 2.35 in — Nov 2, 1933
December 86.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -20.9°F — Dec 19, 2016 3.23 in — Dec 30, 2006

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