All-time weather records — Vermillion, KS

Record high
109.0°F
August 16, 1956
Record low
-27.0°F
January 12, 1974
Wettest day
4.90 in
May 29, 1962

Climate change signal in Vermillion

31.1%

of Vermillion's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (114 of 366 records since 2015).

19.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (70 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 #
1950s
115
72
1960s
89
131
1970s
39
66
2010s
67
57
2020s
56
40

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 1954, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1951-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 5, 1956 -27.0°F — Jan 12, 1974 1.07 in — Jan 6, 2025
February 84.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -24.0°F — Feb 8, 1971 1.81 in — Feb 20, 1954
March 93.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -14.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.85 in — Mar 24, 1957
April 90.0°F — Apr 1, 1956 10.9°F — Apr 2, 1970 2.10 in — Apr 2, 2025
May 99.0°F — May 27, 2018 24.1°F — May 2, 1961 4.90 in — May 29, 1962
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1971 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 4.11 in — Jun 22, 1964
July 108.0°F — Jul 18, 1954 39.9°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.60 in — Jul 24, 1968
August 109.0°F — Aug 16, 1956 41.0°F — Aug 12, 1964 2.90 in — Aug 3, 1972
September 102.0°F — Sep 8, 1955 28.9°F — Sep 29, 1976 3.75 in — Sep 3, 1961
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1954 12.9°F — Oct 19, 1972 2.62 in — Oct 17, 1968
November 79.0°F — Nov 2, 1964 0.0°F — Nov 30, 1955 2.29 in — Nov 25, 2020
December 73.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -24.0°F — Dec 13, 1961 2.05 in — Dec 14, 2015

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