All-time weather records — Yates Center, KS

Record high
111.0°F
July 1, 1980
Record low
-27.9°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
7.32 in
May 31, 1906

Climate change signal in Yates Center

8.5%

of Yates Center's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
28
57
1900s
43
74
1910s
68
68
1920s
33
45
1940s
·
·
1950s
32
12
1960s
43
16
1970s
22
20
1980s
28
24
1990s
19
11
2000s
12
22
2010s
19
9
2020s
19
8

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 100.0°F — Jan 3, 1993 -20.9°F — Jan 12, 1918 3.65 in — Jan 19, 1907
February 87.1°F — Feb 12, 1962 -27.9°F — Feb 12, 1899 3.31 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 97.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -4.0°F — Mar 7, 1920 3.77 in — Mar 5, 2004
April 96.1°F — Apr 6, 1893 8.1°F — Apr 2, 2005 4.14 in — Apr 19, 1970
May 102.0°F — May 30, 1913 24.1°F — May 1, 1909 7.32 in — May 31, 1906
June 108.0°F — Jun 27, 1980 39.0°F — Jun 4, 1897 7.10 in — Jun 25, 1894
July 111.0°F — Jul 1, 1980 45.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.70 in — Jul 25, 1968
August 111.0°F — Aug 21, 2023 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1915 4.80 in — Aug 22, 1985
September 108.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 16, 1903 6.97 in — Sep 13, 1961
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1963 12.9°F — Oct 29, 1917 5.67 in — Oct 7, 2016
November 93.0°F — Nov 3, 1909 -5.1°F — Nov 26, 1903 3.78 in — Nov 8, 1916
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -20.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.22 in — Dec 20, 2011

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