Dodge City, KS

Kansas · Records since 1874–2026

🌤️ 82°F Feels like 85°
Currently in Dodge City
As of 1:30 PM CDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

105°F

September 11, 2021

+19° from 86° normal

❄ Record Low

43°F

September 11, 2007

-15° from 58° normal
🌞 Normal high: 86°F 🌑 Normal low: 58°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Dodge City

🔥
111°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 27, 2012
❄
-26°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 12, 1899
🌧
5.34"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 16, 1906
☃
15.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 25, 1912

First & Last Dates — Dodge City

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
222 days
Longest growing season
1915
139 days
Shortest growing season
1903
179 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 105°F September 11, 2021
2 102°F September 11, 1984
3 101°F September 11, 1956
4 100°F September 11, 1895
5 99°F September 11, 2000
6 99°F September 11, 1911
7 99°F September 11, 1882
8 97°F September 11, 2012
9 97°F September 11, 1970
10 97°F September 11, 1934

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 43°F September 11, 2007
2 44°F September 11, 1898
3 44°F September 11, 1894
4 44°F September 11, 1892
5 45°F September 11, 2022
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1874–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Dodge City

threshold: 100°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.4
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
104°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
27
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1875–2026
95
2026 so far
63
Avg/year 1970–2025
76
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
102
Most in a year (2011)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Dodge City

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 4, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 17 108°F (Jul 11) 106°F 75°F
2 Jul 29, 1934 – Aug 12, 1934 15 109°F (Jul 31) 104°F 76°F
3 Jul 8, 1934 – Jul 22, 1934 15 107°F (Jul 10) 104°F 77°F
4 Aug 8, 1936 – Aug 19, 1936 12 109°F (Aug 12) 105°F 74°F
5 Jul 23, 1940 – Aug 3, 1940 12 107°F (Jul 26) 103°F 75°F
6 Jul 14, 2011 – Jul 24, 2011 11 108°F (Jul 15) 105°F 73°F
7 Jul 17, 2001 – Jul 25, 2001 9 107°F (Jul 23) 104°F 73°F
8 Jun 23, 2012 – Jun 30, 2012 8 111°F (Jun 27) 107°F 72°F
9 Aug 11, 1983 – Aug 18, 1983 8 107°F (Aug 15) 104°F 74°F
10 Aug 19, 1973 – Aug 26, 1973 8 106°F (Aug 25) 102°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

55
2026 total
above-normal nights
47.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
77
Most in a summer
1934

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1874–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1874, annual totals have trended +0.22" per decade, about +3.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Dodge City is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

163 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

13.44"
2026 YTD
Normal: 17.43"
-3.99"
0.83"
September so far
September normal: 1.31"
-0.48"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Dodge City is 3.99" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
59.0°F
Average temperature
2nd-warmest of 152
+4.5°
vs. average
Normal: 54.5°F (1991–2020)
1.79"
Precipitation
4th-driest of 152
-4.54"
vs. average
Normal: 6.33" · 28% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1875–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.13° per decade (warming since 1875)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1875–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.05" per decade (wetter since 1875)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 60.3°F
2 2026 59.0°F
3 1977 58.5°F
4 1879 58.1°F
5 1963 57.9°F
6 1974 57.8°F
7 2006 57.8°F
8 2024 57.7°F
9 1925 57.5°F
10 1991 57.4°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1924 47.9°F
2 1892 48.7°F
3 1973 49.1°F
4 1958 49.4°F
5 1947 49.5°F
6 1931 49.6°F
7 1912 49.7°F
8 1944 50.0°F
9 1917 50.0°F
10 1915 50.1°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1881 15.70"
2 2017 14.86"
3 1973 12.81"
4 1944 12.49"
5 2015 12.42"
6 1898 11.52"
7 1951 11.15"
8 1905 10.95"
9 1922 10.77"
10 1923 10.58"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1893 1.35"
2 1879 1.47"
3 2024 1.77"
4 2026 1.79"
5 1934 1.94"
6 2013 2.05"
7 1910 2.11"
8 1950 2.27"
9 1908 2.37"
10 2011 2.42"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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