All-time weather records — Washington, KS

Record high
111.9°F
July 12, 1954
Record low
-29.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
6.42 in
April 13, 1991

Climate change signal in Washington

11.5%

of Washington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

11.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (43 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
21
26
1950s
73
53
1960s
48
49
1970s
33
61
1980s
54
55
1990s
35
39
2000s
34
21
2010s
44
36
2020s
24
26

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 75.0°F — Jan 10, 1990 -24.0°F — Jan 4, 1959 1.19 in — Jan 16, 2017
February 84.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -29.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.65 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.90 in — Mar 31, 2007
April 98.1°F — Apr 26, 1989 5.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 6.42 in — Apr 13, 1991
May 102.9°F — May 25, 1967 28.0°F — May 1, 1994 3.31 in — May 12, 2005
June 107.1°F — Jun 27, 1980 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1983 4.31 in — Jun 18, 1983
July 111.9°F — Jul 12, 1954 44.1°F — Jul 5, 1972 3.65 in — Jul 27, 2020
August 109.9°F — Aug 11, 1894 43.0°F — Aug 21, 1956 5.28 in — Aug 25, 1972
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2000 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 5.00 in — Sep 1, 2025
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 12.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 3.90 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 84.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -6.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 2.55 in — Nov 2, 1998
December 73.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -29.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.26 in — Dec 13, 2015

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