Salina, KS

Kansas · Records since 1900–2026

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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

105°F

September 11, 1956

+21° from 84° normal

❄ Record Low

42°F

September 11, 1959

-18° from 60° normal
🌞 Normal high: 84°F 🌑 Normal low: 60°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Salina

🔥
118°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 13, 1936
❄
-31°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 13, 1905
🌧
5.84"
Wettest Day Ever
May 21, 1971
☃
15.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 9, 1985

First & Last Dates — Salina

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)
233 days
Longest growing season
1998
138 days
Shortest growing season
1907
191 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 105°F September 11, 1956
2 102°F September 11, 2000
3 100°F September 11, 1984
4 100°F September 11, 1936
5 100°F September 11, 1909
6 99°F September 11, 1938
7 99°F September 11, 1911
8 98°F September 11, 1933
9 96°F September 11, 2013
10 96°F September 11, 1939

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 42°F September 11, 1959
2 42°F September 11, 1922
3 43°F September 11, 1940
4 45°F September 11, 2007
5 47°F September 11, 1955
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 1900–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Salina

threshold: 102°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.6
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
107°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
53
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1900–2026
79
2026 so far
67
Avg/year 1970–2025
73
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
103
Most in a year (1939)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Salina

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 9, 1934 – Jul 25, 1934 17 113°F (Jul 13) 109°F 79°F
2 Jul 4, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 17 111°F (Jul 14) 107°F 78°F
3 Jul 31, 1934 – Aug 15, 1934 16 113°F (Aug 10) 109°F 80°F
4 Aug 9, 1936 – Aug 21, 1936 13 118°F (Aug 13) 111°F 80°F
5 Jul 14, 2011 – Jul 24, 2011 11 108°F (Jul 15) 106°F 78°F
6 Aug 16, 2003 – Aug 26, 2003 11 107°F (Aug 21) 105°F 74°F
7 Jul 23, 1940 – Aug 1, 1940 10 109°F (Jul 24) 106°F 79°F
8 Jul 7, 1901 – Jul 16, 1901 10 106°F (Jul 15) 104°F 70°F
9 Jul 17, 2012 – Jul 25, 2012 9 109°F (Jul 25) 106°F 73°F
10 Aug 2, 1938 – Aug 10, 1938 9 106°F (Aug 5) 104°F 78°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

62
2026 total
above-normal nights
47.3
Avg / summer
1970–2020
72
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 (1900–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1900, annual totals have trended +0.20" per decade, about +2.5" 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 Salina is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

18.84"
2026 YTD
Normal: 23.49"
-4.65"
0.03"
September so far
September normal: 2.65"
-2.62"
5
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Salina is 4.65" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 12 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
81.8°F
Average temperature
14th-warmest of 125
+2.3°
vs. average
Normal: 79.5°F (1991–2020)
5.88"
Precipitation
19th-driest of 122
-4.84"
vs. average
Normal: 10.72" · 55% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 12 – Sep 10

1900–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.09° per decade (warming since 1900)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 12 – Sep 10

1900–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Jun 12 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1936 87.1°F
2 1934 85.3°F
3 1980 84.5°F
4 1937 84.4°F
5 1913 84.2°F
6 1954 84.1°F
7 1938 83.3°F
8 1931 83.1°F
9 1939 83.0°F
10 1983 83.0°F

Coolest Jun 12 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1915 71.2°F
2 1967 73.3°F
3 1902 74.3°F
4 1904 74.4°F
5 1950 74.6°F
6 1908 74.9°F
7 1992 75.1°F
8 1972 75.2°F
9 1927 75.4°F
10 1906 75.5°F

Wettest Jun 12 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1993 32.06"
2 1951 27.91"
3 1927 26.71"
4 1942 24.04"
5 1977 23.95"
6 1992 19.03"
7 1905 17.68"
8 1928 17.37"
9 2009 16.57"
10 1963 16.44"

Driest Jun 12 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1913 2.24"
2 1919 2.95"
3 1983 3.47"
4 1936 3.59"
5 1931 3.70"
6 2017 3.72"
7 1901 3.72"
8 1947 4.01"
9 2007 4.34"
10 2002 4.40"
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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