All-time weather records — Wathena, KS

Record high
107.1°F
July 13, 1954
Record low
-25.1°F
January 12, 1974
Wettest day
4.74 in
September 13, 2016

Climate change signal in Wathena

23%

of Wathena's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (84 of 366 records since 2015).

15.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (56 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 #
1940s
9
6
1950s
50
18
1960s
51
79
1970s
55
96
1980s
19
17
1990s
12
8
2000s
56
44
2010s
66
65
2020s
48
33

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 8, 2003 -25.1°F — Jan 12, 1974 2.46 in — Jan 1, 1965
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 2024 -23.1°F — Feb 1, 1979 1.59 in — Feb 27, 2023
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -13.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.40 in — Mar 4, 1976
April 96.1°F — Apr 25, 2012 1.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.05 in — Apr 26, 2016
May 102.0°F — May 26, 2018 28.9°F — May 3, 2005 4.65 in — May 17, 1974
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1980 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1979 4.20 in — Jun 24, 2021
July 107.1°F — Jul 13, 1954 41.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 4.61 in — Jul 7, 2022
August 106.0°F — Aug 25, 2003 43.0°F — Aug 12, 2004 4.12 in — Aug 24, 2007
September 102.9°F — Sep 28, 1953 30.0°F — Sep 28, 1967 4.74 in — Sep 13, 2016
October 97.0°F — Oct 10, 1963 15.3°F — Oct 18, 2022 2.95 in — Oct 11, 2021
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1964 -2.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.43 in — Nov 29, 1975
December 73.0°F — Dec 15, 2021 -15.0°F — Dec 9, 2005 2.16 in — Dec 7, 1980

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