All-time weather records — Wellington, KS

Record high
120.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-20.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
8.22 in
May 8, 2019

Climate change signal in Wellington

7.1%

of Wellington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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
·
5
1900s
·
3
1910s
36
60
1920s
18
30
1930s
105
39
1940s
22
33
1950s
52
32
1960s
29
28
1970s
15
39
1980s
13
34
1990s
15
27
2000s
20
9
2010s
23
16
2020s
18
11

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 1911, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 22, 1967 -18.9°F — Jan 8, 1913 2.99 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 88.0°F — Feb 23, 1996 -20.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.14 in — Feb 4, 1955
March 93.9°F — Mar 21, 1916 -4.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 2.72 in — Mar 29, 2017
April 99.0°F — Apr 13, 1972 12.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 4.35 in — Apr 8, 1927
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1913 24.1°F — May 1, 1909 8.22 in — May 8, 2019
June 111.9°F — Jun 5, 1933 39.9°F — Jun 2, 2003 6.52 in — Jun 21, 1942
July 120.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 46.0°F — Jul 5, 1924 4.82 in — Jul 4, 1958
August 118.9°F — Aug 12, 1936 34.0°F — Aug 8, 1912 5.00 in — Aug 17, 1968
September 111.9°F — Sep 2, 1939 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 4.55 in — Sep 22, 1925
October 100.9°F — Oct 6, 1939 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 6.30 in — Oct 2, 1926
November 87.1°F — Nov 3, 2012 3.0°F — Nov 27, 1975 4.42 in — Nov 16, 1964
December 84.9°F — Dec 24, 1955 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.97 in — Dec 4, 1944

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