All-time weather records — WaKeeney, KS

Record high
115.0°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-25.1°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
7.40 in
July 29, 1928

Climate change signal in WaKeeney

9%

of WaKeeney's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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
·
2
1900s
8
35
1910s
36
62
1920s
32
43
1930s
66
30
1940s
31
26
1950s
25
25
1960s
13
21
1970s
12
24
1980s
27
38
1990s
20
20
2000s
40
5
2010s
37
20
2020s
19
15

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 28, 2015 -25.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.22 in — Jan 10, 1985
February 87.1°F — Feb 19, 2016 -18.9°F — Feb 8, 1933 2.00 in — Feb 26, 1895
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.05 in — Mar 19, 1984
April 102.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 6.1°F — Apr 2, 1936 2.92 in — Apr 13, 1927
May 102.9°F — May 17, 1927 19.9°F — May 1, 1909 5.51 in — May 29, 2018
June 114.1°F — Jun 28, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1917 4.40 in — Jun 17, 1957
July 115.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 43.0°F — Jul 4, 1924 7.40 in — Jul 29, 1928
August 111.9°F — Aug 13, 1936 39.9°F — Aug 26, 1910 5.00 in — Aug 24, 1960
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 24.1°F — Sep 30, 1985 3.87 in — Sep 19, 1995
October 99.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 10.0°F — Oct 29, 1913 3.41 in — Oct 5, 1946
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 -4.0°F — Nov 14, 1940 2.45 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -25.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.99 in — Dec 30, 2006

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