Topeka - Highest Temperature for Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Topeka, Kansas. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Topeka rose above 105 °F? What was the highest temperature in Topeka five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Topeka and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Philip Billard Municipal Airport and go back to 1947. The highest temperature measured during that time was 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) on August 2, 2011.

Highest Topeka temperatures in recent years
Max °F Date Max °C
111 August 19, 2023   44
103 July 23, 2022   39
101 June 17, 2021   38
97 August 28, 2020   36
98 July 20, 2019 + 37
101 August 05, 2018 + 38
103 July 22, 2017 39
103 June 22, 2016 39
100 July 24, 2015 38
103 July 22, 2014 39
105 July 09, 2013 41
108 July 07, 2012 42
112 August 02, 2011 44
106 August 13, 2010 + 41
Highest temperature recorded at Topeka each year
Max °F Date Max °C
100 June 23, 2009 38
101 August 04, 2008 38
103 August 15, 2007 39
106 August 09, 2006 + 41
99 July 23, 2005 + 37
99 July 13, 2004 37
107 August 21, 2003 42
102 August 01, 2002 + 39
103 July 22, 2001 39
109 September 02, 2000 43
105 July 29, 1999 41
100 September 06, 1998 + 38
99 July 27, 1997 + 37
100 July 18, 1996 38
105 July 12, 1995 41
99 June 25, 1994 37
99 July 31, 1993 37
94 August 08, 1992 34
102 August 02, 1991 + 39
100 September 01, 1990 + 38
99 July 07, 1989 37
101 August 22, 1988 + 38
102 August 02, 1987 39
100 July 30, 1986 38
102 July 12, 1985 + 39
110 August 29, 1984 43
107 August 27, 1983 42
98 August 04, 1982 + 37
98 June 08, 1981 37
110 July 30, 1980 + 43
98 July 13, 1979 37
101 September 16, 1978 38
98 July 24, 1977 + 37
102 August 27, 1976 39
103 September 01, 1975 39
105 July 21, 1974 41
97 July 18, 1973 + 36
98 August 21, 1972 + 37
99 September 10, 1971 + 37
105 August 18, 1970 41
99 August 08, 1969 37
94 August 07, 1968 + 34
96 July 23, 1967 + 36
105 July 18, 1966 41
100 August 26, 1965 38
105 August 03, 1964 + 41
104 August 27, 1963 40
102 August 19, 1962 39
100 July 18, 1961 38
101 August 05, 1960 38
99 August 03, 1959 37
100 August 29, 1958 38
101 August 15, 1957 38
106 August 16, 1956 41
106 July 30, 1955 41
109 July 14, 1954 + 43
107 June 13, 1953 42
106 July 27, 1952 + 41
103 July 21, 1951 39
97 June 25, 1950 36
101 July 20, 1949 38
101 August 22, 1948 38
110 September 03, 1947 + 43
Reference

Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 

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