Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Garden City (USC00142972), Kansas, United States, with 55 years of record.
Key Facts for Garden City
Garden City (USC00142972) is a weather station in Kansas, United States at 37.97 latitude and -100.87 longitude, 864 m (2,836 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1947, 55 years of record.
1,464 records set at Garden City still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Garden City set a daily record high maximum temperature of 23.3 C (73.9 F) on 15 February 1947.
About the Station
Location: Kansas, United States, 37.97 latitude, -100.87 longitude.
Elevation: 864 m (2,836 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1947, 55 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Garden City. 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 Garden City, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
26.1 C (79.0 F)
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
40.0 C (104.0 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
43.3 C (109.9 F)
2.2 C (36.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
45.0 C (113.0 F)
6.7 C (44.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
44.4 C (111.9 F)
4.4 C (39.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
41.7 C (107.1 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
26.1 C (79.0 F)
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Garden City still stand. 1899 holds the most, with 46.
Standing records at Garden City by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1893
5
1894
44
1895
41
1896
20
1897
15
1898
24
1899
46
1900
25
1901
21
1902
40
1903
38
1904
27
1905
35
1906
30
1907
41
1908
21
1909
30
1910
24
1911
36
1912
37
1913
27
1914
16
1915
19
1916
38
1917
21
1918
27
1919
29
1920
27
1921
20
1922
27
1923
15
1924
30
1925
38
1926
21
1927
27
1928
23
1929
29
1930
27
1931
29
1932
34
1933
32
1934
45
1935
21
1936
27
1937
27
1938
22
1939
27
1940
19
1941
14
1942
19
1943
30
1944
12
1945
22
1946
21
1947
2
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Garden City between 11 July 1934 and 13 July 1934. Each dot is a new record.
When Garden City set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1934-07-11
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 26.1 C (79.0 F)
1934-07-13
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 45.0 C (113.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 98.8 mm (3.9 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Garden City. The most was 98.8 mm (3.9 in) on 9 August 1915.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Garden City
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
26 January 1944
Feb
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
25 February 1912
Mar
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
20 March 1902
Apr
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
29 April 1903
May
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
14 May 1923
Jun
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
20 June 1905
Jul
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
10 July 1897
Aug
98.8 mm (3.9 in)
9 August 1915
Sep
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
17 September 1923
Oct
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
7 October 1946
Nov
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
23 November 1905
Dec
45.0 mm (1.8 in)
20 December 1918
Period of Record Coverage
1893 to 1947
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
55 years of record at Garden City, 1893 to 1947. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1893, 1896, 1917, 1923, 1934, 1947.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 45 complete years at Garden City, 1894 to 1946. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 12.7 C (54.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1912, at 11.1 C (51.9 F), and the warmest was 1946, at 14.5 C (58.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.9 C (3.4 F).
Annual mean temperature at Garden City as warming stripes, 1894 to 1946
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1894
11.8 C
-0.92 C
1898
11.6 C
-1.14 C
1899
12.0 C
-0.69 C
1900
13.5 C
+0.75 C
1901
13.2 C
+0.52 C
1902
12.9 C
+0.15 C
1903
12.1 C
-0.64 C
1904
12.7 C
+0.02 C
1905
12.0 C
-0.69 C
1906
12.3 C
-0.38 C
1907
12.7 C
+0.03 C
1908
13.0 C
+0.26 C
1909
12.2 C
-0.53 C
1910
13.0 C
+0.32 C
1911
12.7 C
+0.02 C
1912
11.1 C
-1.62 C
1913
12.4 C
-0.34 C
1915
12.1 C
-0.65 C
1916
12.1 C
-0.58 C
1918
12.7 C
-0.02 C
1919
11.4 C
-1.27 C
1920
12.2 C
-0.55 C
1921
13.4 C
+0.65 C
1922
12.8 C
+0.08 C
1924
11.6 C
-1.14 C
1925
13.3 C
+0.62 C
1926
12.8 C
+0.14 C
1927
13.1 C
+0.35 C
1928
12.8 C
+0.08 C
1929
11.4 C
-1.35 C
1930
12.9 C
+0.19 C
1932
12.8 C
+0.13 C
1933
14.4 C
+1.70 C
1935
13.5 C
+0.76 C
1936
13.2 C
+0.47 C
1937
12.8 C
+0.07 C
1938
14.0 C
+1.34 C
1939
13.7 C
+0.96 C
1940
12.3 C
-0.37 C
1941
12.8 C
+0.14 C
1942
12.9 C
+0.22 C
1943
13.4 C
+0.72 C
1944
12.9 C
+0.15 C
1945
13.0 C
+0.26 C
1946
14.5 C
+1.82 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.2 C (0.1 to 0.4) per decade over 1894 to 1946. In Fahrenheit: 0.4 F (0.2 to 0.7) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 45 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Garden City
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.2 C (0.1 to 0.4) per decade
0.4 F (0.2 to 0.7) per decade
1894 to 1946
45
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.6) per decade
1894 to 1946
45
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.4 C (0.2 to 0.5) per decade
0.6 F (0.4 to 0.8) per decade
1894 to 1946
45
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1893 to 1947
Yearly extremes at Garden City: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1934
40.6 C (105.1 F)
55
Coldest night (TNn)
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1899
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
55
Wettest day (Rx1day)
98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1915
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
55
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
147.6 mm (5.8 in)
1915
68.1 mm (2.7 in)
55
Longest dry spell (CDD)
89 days
1904
39 days
55
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Garden City, 1893 to 1947. The record is 45.0 C (113.0 F) in 1934, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.6 C (105.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Garden City by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1893
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1894
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1895
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1896
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1897
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1898
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1899
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1900
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1901
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1902
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1903
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1904
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1905
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1906
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1907
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1908
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1909
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1910
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1911
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1912
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1913
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1914
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1915
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1916
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1917
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1918
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1919
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1920
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1921
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1922
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1923
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1924
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1925
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1926
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1927
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1928
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1929
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1930
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1931
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1932
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1933
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1934
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1935
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1936
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1937
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1938
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1939
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1940
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1941
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1942
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1943
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1944
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1945
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1946
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1947
23.3 C (73.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Garden City, 1893 to 1947. The record is -35.6 C (-32.1 F) in 1899, marked on the chart; the median year is -23.3 C (-9.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Garden City by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1893
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1894
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1895
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1896
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1897
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1898
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1899
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1900
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1901
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1902
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1903
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1904
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1905
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1906
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1907
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1908
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1909
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1910
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1911
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1912
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1913
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1914
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1915
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1916
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1917
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1918
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1919
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1920
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1921
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1922
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1923
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1924
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1925
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1926
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1927
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1928
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1929
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1930
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1931
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1932
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1933
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1934
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1935
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1936
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1937
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1938
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1939
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1940
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1941
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1942
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1943
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1944
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1945
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1946
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1947
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Garden City, 1893 to 1947. The record is 98.8 mm (3.9 in) in 1915, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.0 mm (1.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Garden City by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1894
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1895
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1896
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1897
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1898
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1899
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1900
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1901
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1902
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1903
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1904
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1905
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1906
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1907
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1908
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1909
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1910
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1911
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1912
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1913
39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1914
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1915
98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1916
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1917
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1918
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1919
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1920
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1921
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1922
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1923
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1924
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1925
32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1926
35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1927
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1928
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1929
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1930
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1931
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1932
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1933
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1934
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1935
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1936
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1937
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1938
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1939
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1940
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1941
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1942
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1943
72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1944
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1945
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1946
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1947
6.1 mm (0.24 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Garden City, 1893 to 1947. The record is 147.6 mm (5.8 in) in 1915, marked on the chart; the median year is 68.1 mm (2.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Garden City by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1894
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1895
131.3 mm (5.2 in)
1896
89.1 mm (3.5 in)
1897
83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1898
98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1899
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1900
66.1 mm (2.6 in)
1901
79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1902
97.9 mm (3.9 in)
1903
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1904
86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1905
96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1906
63.1 mm (2.5 in)
1907
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1908
88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1909
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1910
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1911
60.4 mm (2.4 in)
1912
74.5 mm (2.9 in)
1913
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1914
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1915
147.6 mm (5.8 in)
1916
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1917
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1918
92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1919
107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1920
44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1921
85.5 mm (3.4 in)
1922
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1923
138.1 mm (5.4 in)
1924
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1925
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1926
40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1927
40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1928
85.4 mm (3.4 in)
1929
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1930
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1931
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1932
68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1933
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1934
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1935
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1936
55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1937
67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1938
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1939
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1940
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1941
96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1942
74.6 mm (2.9 in)
1943
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1944
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1945
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1946
136.6 mm (5.4 in)
1947
6.1 mm (0.24 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Garden City, 1893 to 1947. The record is 89 days in 1904, marked on the chart; the median year is 39 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Garden City by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893
43 days
1894
41 days
1895
43 days
1896
31 days
1897
35 days
1898
29 days
1899
43 days
1900
54 days
1901
35 days
1902
33 days
1903
30 days
1904
89 days
1905
32 days
1906
39 days
1907
42 days
1908
38 days
1909
31 days
1910
50 days
1911
43 days
1912
46 days
1913
25 days
1914
57 days
1915
27 days
1916
50 days
1917
39 days
1918
28 days
1919
27 days
1920
35 days
1921
38 days
1922
44 days
1923
73 days
1924
40 days
1925
47 days
1926
41 days
1927
38 days
1928
36 days
1929
32 days
1930
46 days
1931
38 days
1932
33 days
1933
57 days
1934
39 days
1935
63 days
1936
39 days
1937
43 days
1938
46 days
1939
74 days
1940
40 days
1941
23 days
1942
41 days
1943
38 days
1944
32 days
1945
61 days
1946
29 days
1947
29 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.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
45 years with a frost
Across 45 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Garden City falls on 27 April and the median first autumn frost on 11 October, which leaves a median of 170 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +3.8 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Garden City
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1912 to 1946)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
27 April
n/a
25 April
n/a
-1.9 days per decade
First autumn frost
11 October
n/a
13 October
n/a
+1.9 days per decade
Growing days
170 days
n/a
172 days
n/a
+3.8 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
51 years, 1894 to 1946
A day with at least 47.7 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 103.8 mm (4.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Garden City: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
47.7 mm (1.9 in)
5 years
62.4 mm (2.5 in)
10 years
72.3 mm (2.8 in)
25 years
84.9 mm (3.3 in)
50 years
94.4 mm (3.7 in)
100 years
103.8 mm (4.1 in)
Longer than the 51 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, 51 years of values from 1894 to 1946.
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: 98.8 mm (3.9 in) in 1915; 88.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1903; 88.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1923.
Station Changes
No change in the annual mean temperature of this station was found against its neighbours.
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Data for Garden City standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Garden City 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.