All-time weather records — Wilson, KS

Record high
111.0°F
June 21, 1988
Record low
-26.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
30.00 in
March 4, 1982

Climate change signal in Wilson

27%

of Wilson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (99 of 366 records since 2015).

12%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (44 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 #
1960s
29
38
1970s
37
81
1980s
68
81
1990s
52
62
2000s
45
35
2010s
66
48
2020s
69
21

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 1964, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1964-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -15.0°F — Jan 3, 1979 1.39 in — Jan 17, 2017
February 86.0°F — Feb 20, 2016 -18.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.29 in — Feb 7, 2005
March 97.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -5.1°F — Mar 4, 1978 30.00 in — Mar 4, 1982
April 100.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 12.0°F — Apr 1, 1987 2.32 in — Apr 14, 1987
May 100.0°F — May 25, 1967 27.0°F — May 3, 1976 4.86 in — May 20, 2011
June 111.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 6.1°F — Jun 7, 1990 2.27 in — Jun 6, 2022
July 109.9°F — Jul 11, 1980 46.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 4.70 in — Jul 6, 1986
August 111.0°F — Aug 16, 1983 45.0°F — Aug 4, 1978 5.11 in — Aug 22, 1985
September 106.0°F — Sep 19, 2022 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 3.41 in — Sep 11, 2003
October 98.1°F — Oct 6, 2024 15.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 3.07 in — Oct 4, 1976
November 87.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -5.1°F — Nov 27, 1975 3.50 in — Nov 17, 1996
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 2022 -26.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.85 in — Dec 1, 2018

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