All-time weather records — Wamego, KS

Record high
114.1°F
July 12, 1954
Record low
-26.0°F
January 4, 1947
Wettest day
6.93 in
August 13, 1946

Climate change signal in Wamego

7.4%

of Wamego's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (33 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
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
21
42
1920s
27
30
1930s
111
24
1940s
26
43
1950s
51
22
1960s
16
24
1970s
9
38
1980s
19
53
1990s
21
27
2000s
27
20
2010s
22
21
2020s
16
22

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 1913, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 29, 2013 -26.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 2.21 in — Jan 6, 2025
February 84.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -22.0°F — Feb 6, 1982 2.50 in — Feb 17, 1911
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -11.0°F — Mar 12, 1998 2.34 in — Mar 30, 1980
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 1956 1.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.38 in — Apr 27, 2009
May 102.0°F — May 30, 1934 26.1°F — May 6, 1944 4.00 in — May 22, 1918
June 109.9°F — Jun 11, 1953 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1982 5.40 in — Jun 5, 1983
July 114.1°F — Jul 12, 1954 46.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 6.00 in — Jul 3, 1958
August 114.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1946 6.93 in — Aug 13, 1946
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 26.1°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.19 in — Sep 13, 1977
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 1938 12.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 4.88 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 88.0°F — Nov 6, 1915 -2.9°F — Nov 28, 1976 6.10 in — Nov 13, 1909
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -24.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.44 in — Dec 11, 2007

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