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Weather extremes
How extreme does Dodge City's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Dodge City has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Dodge City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 22°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Dodge City (typical high near 89°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 43°F colder than a normal December night in Dodge City (typical low near 22°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Dodge City usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.1 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical March's snow in one day (Dodge City averages about 4 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Dodge City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 111°F is about 22°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Dodge City (NOAA GHCN station USW00013985), about 4 km from the city centre.