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Dexter Weather Records (USC00142126)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Dexter (USC00142126), Kansas, United States, with 43 years of record.

Key Facts for Dexter

  • Dexter (USC00142126) is a weather station in Kansas, United States at 37.18 latitude and -96.72 longitude, 348 m (1,142 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1940 to 1982, 43 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Dexter still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Dexter set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 14 March 1982.

About the Station

  • Location: Kansas, United States, 37.18 latitude, -96.72 longitude.
  • Elevation: 348 m (1,142 ft).
  • Period of record: 1940 to 1982, 43 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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Daily record high and record low at Dexter, with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Dexter. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius. 000111 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Dexter. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Dexter, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

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Standing records at Dexter by the year they were set 0 records at Dexter still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Dexter still stand.
Standing records at Dexter by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Sep: 156.5 mm (6.2 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Dexter The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Dexter. The most was 156.5 mm (6.2 in) on 13 September 1961. 050100150200 Jan: 58.7 mm (2.3 in), 3 January 1971 Jan Feb: 38.1 mm (1.5 in), 8 February 1980 Feb Mar: 49.5 mm (1.9 in), 11 March 1974 Mar Apr: 88.1 mm (3.5 in), 19 April 1970 Apr May: 136.4 mm (5.4 in), 6 May 1961 May Jun: 86.4 mm (3.4 in), 8 June 1961 Jun Jul: 129.5 mm (5.1 in), 16 July 1950 Jul Aug: 133.4 mm (5.3 in), 18 August 1968 Aug Sep: 156.5 mm (6.2 in), 13 September 1961 Sep Oct: 73.4 mm (2.9 in), 21 October 1963 Oct Nov: 102.9 mm (4.1 in), 3 November 1974 Nov Dec: 51.6 mm (2.0 in), 4 December 1973 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Dexter. The most was 156.5 mm (6.2 in) on 13 September 1961.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Dexter
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan58.7 mm (2.3 in)3 January 1971
Feb38.1 mm (1.5 in)8 February 1980
Mar49.5 mm (1.9 in)11 March 1974
Apr88.1 mm (3.5 in)19 April 1970
May136.4 mm (5.4 in)6 May 1961
Jun86.4 mm (3.4 in)8 June 1961
Jul129.5 mm (5.1 in)16 July 1950
Aug133.4 mm (5.3 in)18 August 1968
Sep156.5 mm (6.2 in)13 September 1961
Oct73.4 mm (2.9 in)21 October 1963
Nov102.9 mm (4.1 in)3 November 1974
Dec51.6 mm (2.0 in)4 December 1973

Latest Records

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Latest records at Dexter
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
14 March 1982Dexter, USdaily rain49.0 mm (1.9 in)44.2 mm (1.7 in)21 years50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1982Dexter, USdaily rain18.8 mm (0.7 in)1.0 mm (0.04 in)40 years17 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1981Dexter, USdaily rain33.0 mm (1.3 in)26.9 mm (1.1 in)14 years24 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1981Dexter, USdaily rain36.8 mm (1.4 in)13.9 mm (0.5 in)12 years16 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1981Dexter, USdaily rain50.8 mm (2.0 in)11.4 mm (0.4 in)22 years16 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1981Dexter, USdaily rain38.1 mm (1.5 in)6.3 mm (0.25 in)32 years16 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1981Dexter, USdaily rain18.3 mm (0.7 in)1.5 mm (0.06 in)23 years10 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1981Dexter, USdaily rain68.6 mm (2.7 in)52.6 mm (2.1 in)32 years42 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1980Dexter, USdaily rain26.2 mm (1.0 in)14.5 mm (0.6 in)24 years25 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1980Dexter, USdaily rain11.7 mm (0.5 in)6.4 mm (0.25 in)23 years13 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1980Dexter, USdaily rain21.6 mm (0.9 in)0.8 mm (0.03 in)10 years7 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1980Dexter, USdaily rain16.3 mm (0.6 in)5.9 mm (0.23 in)36 years17 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1980Dexter, USdaily rain17.8 mm (0.7 in)0.8 mm (0.03 in)10 years7 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1980Dexter, USdaily rain30.5 mm (1.2 in)8.9 mm (0.35 in)11 years16 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1980Dexter, USdaily rain16.0 mm (0.6 in)3.0 mm (0.12 in)33 years16 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1980Dexter, USmonthly rain38.1 mm (1.5 in)4.6 mm (0.18 in)5 years21 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1979Dexter, USdaily rain5.8 mm (0.23 in)3.8 mm (0.15 in)36 years18 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1979Dexter, USdaily rain62.5 mm (2.5 in)30.7 mm (1.2 in)38 years34 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1979Dexter, USdaily rain28.4 mm (1.1 in)2.2 mm (0.09 in)1 year5 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1979Dexter, USdaily rain19.1 mm (0.8 in)2.8 mm (0.11 in)12 years8 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1940 to 1982
Yearly extremes at Dexter: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)156.5 mm (6.2 in)196173.7 mm (2.9 in)43
Wettest five days (Rx5day)229.1 mm (9.0 in)1968128.7 mm (5.1 in)43
Longest dry spell (CDD)65 days196635 days43

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Dexter by year The wettest day of the year at Dexter, 1940 to 1982. The record is 156.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 73.7 mm (2.9 in). 05010015020019401950196019701980Record: 156.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1961
The wettest day of the year at Dexter, 1940 to 1982. The record is 156.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 73.7 mm (2.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Dexter by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
194051.6 mm (2.0 in)
194174.9 mm (2.9 in)
194262.2 mm (2.4 in)
194379.5 mm (3.1 in)
1944133.4 mm (5.3 in)
194564.0 mm (2.5 in)
194651.3 mm (2.0 in)
194771.1 mm (2.8 in)
194890.9 mm (3.6 in)
194945.5 mm (1.8 in)
1950129.5 mm (5.1 in)
195186.1 mm (3.4 in)
195282.0 mm (3.2 in)
195348.3 mm (1.9 in)
195469.3 mm (2.7 in)
1955110.5 mm (4.4 in)
195669.3 mm (2.7 in)
195785.1 mm (3.4 in)
1958101.1 mm (4.0 in)
195968.8 mm (2.7 in)
196072.1 mm (2.8 in)
1961156.5 mm (6.2 in)
196271.1 mm (2.8 in)
196373.4 mm (2.9 in)
196471.6 mm (2.8 in)
196573.7 mm (2.9 in)
196673.7 mm (2.9 in)
196758.4 mm (2.3 in)
1968133.4 mm (5.3 in)
196978.7 mm (3.1 in)
197088.1 mm (3.5 in)
197163.5 mm (2.5 in)
197288.9 mm (3.5 in)
197387.1 mm (3.4 in)
1974102.9 mm (4.1 in)
197585.6 mm (3.4 in)
197680.8 mm (3.2 in)
197750.8 mm (2.0 in)
197853.3 mm (2.1 in)
1979114.3 mm (4.5 in)
198038.1 mm (1.5 in)
198173.7 mm (2.9 in)
198249.0 mm (1.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Dexter by year The wettest five days of the year at Dexter, 1940 to 1982. The record is 229.1 mm (9.0 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 128.7 mm (5.1 in). 5010015020025019401950196019701980Record: 229.1 mm (9.0 in) in 1968
The wettest five days of the year at Dexter, 1940 to 1982. The record is 229.1 mm (9.0 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 128.7 mm (5.1 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Dexter by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1940112.9 mm (4.4 in)
1941143.9 mm (5.7 in)
1942113.3 mm (4.5 in)
1943106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1944179.6 mm (7.1 in)
1945175.8 mm (6.9 in)
194651.3 mm (2.0 in)
1947170.7 mm (6.7 in)
1948145.0 mm (5.7 in)
1949112.3 mm (4.4 in)
1950198.9 mm (7.8 in)
1951111.0 mm (4.4 in)
195282.0 mm (3.2 in)
195364.8 mm (2.6 in)
195484.0 mm (3.3 in)
1955137.2 mm (5.4 in)
195684.5 mm (3.3 in)
1957147.1 mm (5.8 in)
1958177.0 mm (7.0 in)
1959190.2 mm (7.5 in)
196094.2 mm (3.7 in)
1961223.1 mm (8.8 in)
196293.4 mm (3.7 in)
196387.2 mm (3.4 in)
1964153.7 mm (6.1 in)
1965140.2 mm (5.5 in)
1966137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1967135.2 mm (5.3 in)
1968229.1 mm (9.0 in)
1969115.8 mm (4.6 in)
1970135.8 mm (5.3 in)
197165.3 mm (2.6 in)
197297.8 mm (3.9 in)
1973130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1974172.2 mm (6.8 in)
1975137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1976131.4 mm (5.2 in)
1977128.7 mm (5.1 in)
197853.3 mm (2.1 in)
1979124.0 mm (4.9 in)
198053.9 mm (2.1 in)
1981103.9 mm (4.1 in)
198251.5 mm (2.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Dexter by year The longest dry spell of the year at Dexter, 1940 to 1982. The record is 65 days in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 35 days. 02040608019401950196019701980Record: 65 days in 1966
The longest dry spell of the year at Dexter, 1940 to 1982. The record is 65 days in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 35 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Dexter by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
194021 days
194120 days
194229 days
194342 days
194428 days
194530 days
194636 days
194739 days
194827 days
194951 days
195058 days
195117 days
195252 days
195329 days
195439 days
195556 days
195634 days
195746 days
195846 days
195935 days
196027 days
196122 days
196233 days
196339 days
196420 days
196523 days
196665 days
196724 days
196820 days
196923 days
197043 days
197146 days
197240 days
197335 days
197445 days
197531 days
197663 days
197752 days
197823 days
197936 days
198044 days
198131 days
198217 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

37 years, 1941 to 1981

A day with at least 76.6 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 172.1 mm (6.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Dexter: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years76.6 mm (3.0 in)
5 years99.3 mm (3.9 in)
10 years115.4 mm (4.5 in)
25 years137.1 mm (5.4 in)
50 years154.2 mm (6.1 in)Longer than the 37 years of record
100 years172.1 mm (6.8 in)Longer than the 37 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 37 years of values from 1941 to 1981.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 156.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1961; 133.4 mm (5.3 in) in 1944; 133.4 mm (5.3 in) in 1968.

Download the Data

  • Data for Dexter standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
  • Data for Dexter threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).