Every state’s recordsKansas Weather Records
10 official all-time records
The official all-time extremes for Kansas, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 121°F at Alton to -40°F at Lebanon.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| -40°F | February 13, 1905 | Lebanon | 144598 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| inches | | Under Review | | |
The previously posted value of 13.53\" was discovered to be in error. An investigation to determine the legitimate record is underway.
Maximum Annual Precipitation Total
The 30.0 inches observed at Pratt in 2009 was formally evaluated by the State Climate Extremes Committee.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 40 inches | December 31, 1918 | Syracuse | 148038 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
The Coffeyville hailstone held the record for the nation's largest hailstone until June 22, 2003, when the record was eclipsed by a hailstone that fell near Aurora, Nebraska. It also held the U.S. record for all-time heaviest hailstone until July 23, 2010 when a heavier hailstone fell in Vivian, SD.
The Coffeyville hailstone held the record for the nation's largest hailstone until June 22, 2003, when the record was eclipsed by a hailstone that fell near Aurora, Nebraska. It also held the U.S. record for all-time heaviest hailstone until July 23, 2010 when a heavier hailstone fell in Vivian, SD.
The Wichita hailstone would have set the National record for diameter but for the the record for the Vivian, SD hailstone that fell two months prior.