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Goodland, KS

39.367°N, 101.693°W · station GLDthr · 132 years of record
78°F
forecast high · Oct 21

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Goodland.
65°SAT10/1768°SUN10/1866°MON10/1973°TUE10/2078°WED10/2178°THU10/2275°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Goodland — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#19 / 120
warmest Oct 21 in 120 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 21 ever

90°F
set in 1921

Coolest Oct 21 ever

33°F
set in 1930
Forecast high 78°F — 19th warmest Oct 21 of 120 years · record 90°F (1921) · warmest since 2023.
1895: 69°F1896: 79°F1906: 48°F1907: 75°F1908: 62°F1910: 48°F1911: 45°F1912: 72°F1914: 75°F1915: 83°F1916: 47°F1917: 75°F1918: 67°F1919: 63°F1920: 77°F1921: 90°F1922: 68°F1923: 62°F1924: 62°F1925: 72°F1926: 75°F1927: 82°F1928: 75°F1929: 72°F1930: 33°F1931: 71°F1932: 60°F1933: 58°F1934: 81°F1935: 64°F1936: 66°F1937: 60°F1938: 79°F1939: 80°F1940: 87°F1941: 64°F1942: 70°F1943: 68°F1944: 65°F1945: 48°F1946: 78°F1947: 89°F1948: 67°F1949: 46°F1950: 81°F1951: 45°F1952: 55°F1953: 63°F1954: 66°F1955: 65°F1956: 63°F1957: 68°F1958: 61°F1959: 71°F1960: 65°F1961: 77°F1962: 73°F1963: 73°F1964: 77°F1965: 59°F1966: 76°F1967: 76°F1968: 77°F1969: 64°F1970: 72°F1971: 67°F1972: 62°F1973: 78°F1974: 78°F1975: 79°F1976: 57°F1977: 65°F1978: 74°F1979: 49°F1980: 73°F1981: 40°F1982: 61°F1983: 56°F1984: 40°F1985: 64°F1986: 60°F1987: 75°F1988: 72°F1989: 79°F1990: 53°F1991: 80°F1992: 77°F1993: 66°F1994: 73°F1995: 76°F1996: 57°F1997: 52°F1998: 61°F1999: 77°F2000: 69°F2001: 65°F2002: 57°F2003: 88°F2004: 56°F2005: 61°F2006: 47°F2007: 48°F2008: 52°F2009: 42°F2010: 73°F2011: 75°F2012: 84°F2013: 60°F2014: 80°F2015: 56°F2016: 62°F2017: 62°F2018: 75°F2019: 55°F2020: 67°F2021: 66°F2022: 80°F2023: 80°F2024: 76°F2025: 69°F78° forecast30354045505560657075808590191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2178°F
Hottest this date since2023
This-date record90°F
This-date rank#19 of 120
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record111°F (1940)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1895–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Goodland in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan79°FJan 26, 1951-26°FJan 3, 1959
Feb87°FFeb 10, 2017-24°FFeb 15, 2021
Mar94°FMar 25, 2026-20°FMar 10, 1948
Apr96°FApr 22, 19890°FApr 2, 1936
May104°FMay 31, 200221°FMay 1, 1967
Jun110°FJun 26, 201231°FJun 2, 1951
Jul111°FJul 25, 194040°FJul 11, 1895
Aug108°FAug 8, 193438°FAug 23, 1964
Sep105°FSep 2, 193919°FSep 30, 1985
Oct98°FOct 5, 20240°FOct 27, 2020
Nov87°FNov 10, 1927-12°FNov 28, 1952
Dec83°FDec 23, 1964-27°FDec 22, 1989
All-time111°FJul 25, 1940-27°FDec 22, 1989

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Goodland so far this year — through Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 4 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (94°F)

Record Lows in 2026

1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 2, 1897

Coldest high ever

-8°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 4, 1989
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan43°FJan 7, 1897-7°FJan 7, 1912
Feb46°FFeb 21, 1935-8°FFeb 4, 1989
Mar54°FMar 18, 19074°FMar 10, 1948
Apr62°FApr 22, 193220°FApr 1, 1975
May69°FMay 25, 191632°FMay 1, 1954
Jun77°FJun 13, 189542°FJun 1, 1917
Jul77°FJul 7, 189753°FJul 3, 1972
Aug80°FAug 2, 189759°FAug 3, 1978
Sep73°FSep 8, 201333°FSep 29, 1985
Oct63°FOct 6, 200715°FOct 26, 2020
Nov59°FNov 15, 18962°FNov 27, 1919
Dec47°FDec 23, 1964-6°FDec 30, 1911
All-time80°FAug 2, 1897-8°FFeb 4, 1989

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

37 days
record run, ended Aug 1 1939

So far in 2026

76 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Goodland's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 65°F · forecast is +13° vs normal.
Jan: 43°FJan: 17°FFeb: 46°FFeb: 19°FMar: 56°FMar: 27°FApr: 64°FApr: 35°FMay: 74°FMay: 45°FJun: 85°FJun: 56°FJul: 90°FJul: 62°FAug: 88°FAug: 60°FSep: 80°FSep: 50°FOct: 67°FOct: 37°FNov: 54°FNov: 26°FDec: 44°FDec: 18°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset5:07 PM
Solar noon11:32 AM
Daylight11h 09m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

39.37°N, 101.69°W

Nearby Stations

McCook, NE82 mi NENorth Platte, NE132 mi NEDodge City, KS144 mi SEDenver, CO161 mi WColorado Springs, CO165 mi WPueblo, CO168 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Goodland's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Goodland, KS — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Goodland's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Goodland, KS — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1895

Each cell is one day's high at Goodland, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Goodland, KS daily high heat map 1895–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Goodland — counted through Oct 21 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
76 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 10th most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 49. Record: 91 in 1934.

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