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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.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Dodge City station 4 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

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.

🔥 Hottest day
111°F Jun 27, 2012

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

1 111°F Jun 27, 2012
2 110°F Jun 29, 1998
3 110°F Jun 26, 2011
❄️ Coldest night
-21°F Dec 22, 1989

About 43°F colder than a normal December night in Dodge City (typical low near 22°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -21°F Dec 22, 1989
2 -16°F Dec 18, 2016
3 -14°F Dec 23, 1989
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.74 in Jul 4, 2010

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

1 4.74 in Jul 4, 2010
2 4.64 in Apr 30, 1978
3 4.39 in Jun 30, 2024
Most snow in one day
13.0 in Mar 12, 1999

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

1 13.0 in Mar 12, 1999
2 12.1 in Nov 24, 1992
3 12.0 in Feb 15, 1993

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.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 111°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

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

In a normal year, Dodge City's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 111°F and as low as −21°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain or close to 13 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
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.

How we build these numbers →