All-time weather records — Winfield, KS

Record high
780.1°F
October 16, 1926
Record low
-27.0°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
10.00 in
December 14, 1982

Climate change signal in Winfield

10.4%

of Winfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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
22
1900s
15
39
1910s
18
29
1920s
33
12
1930s
85
26
1940s
14
28
1950s
47
27
1960s
14
38
1970s
14
32
1980s
22
30
1990s
10
20
2000s
18
25
2010s
24
27
2020s
31
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 1894, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1894-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 29, 2015 -20.0°F — Jan 4, 1947 3.87 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 88.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -27.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 4.00 in — Feb 20, 1997
March 93.9°F — Mar 31, 1940 -2.9°F — Mar 3, 1960 3.02 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 98.1°F — Apr 12, 1972 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 6.10 in — Apr 28, 1994
May 102.0°F — May 21, 1925 26.1°F — May 4, 1907 5.35 in — May 31, 1982
June 109.9°F — Jun 5, 1933 39.9°F — Jun 5, 1919 6.55 in — Jun 5, 1916
July 115.0°F — Jul 14, 1954 48.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 7.60 in — Jul 12, 1922
August 118.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 37.0°F — Aug 16, 2003 4.05 in — Aug 18, 1968
September 109.9°F — Sep 2, 2000 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1895 5.05 in — Sep 5, 1989
October 780.1°F — Oct 16, 1926 12.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 9.12 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 1.9°F — Nov 27, 1975 4.00 in — Nov 13, 1909
December 81.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -15.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 10.00 in — Dec 14, 1982

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