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KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-121500-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2013
...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...
IN 1936...WICHITA REACHED ITS ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 114
DEGREES. THIS HAD BEEN THE 6TH STRAIGHT DAY OF 100
DEGREE PLUS HEAT...AND THE 4TH STRAIGHT DAY IN WHICH THE
TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED OR EXCEEDED 110 DEGREES. OVERALL
THE AIR CAPITAL RECORDED TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EACH AFTERNOON
FROM AUGUST 7TH...TO THE 26TH...A SPAN OF 20 DAYS. THIS
TOO IS A RECORD FOR THE CITY...IN TERMS OF CONSECUTIVE
DAYS ON WHICH THE HIGH HAD REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100
DEGREES. IN 1934...WICHITA HAD ITS 13TH CONSECUTIVE DAY
IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED OR EXCEEDED THE
CENTURY MARK. THIS IS TIED FOR THE 4TH LONGEST STREAK IN
THE CITY'S HISTORY. IN 1934...SALINA WAS TORCHED BY A
HIGH OF 117 DEGREES THAT WAS THE 2ND OF A 6-DAY STRETCH
OF 110-DEGREE PLUS HEAT. CHANUTE SPENT BOTH SUMMERS IN A
SAUNA.IN AUGUST 1934...CHANUTE SUFFERED WITH 100-DEGREE
PLUS FEVER ON 21 DATES THAT REACHED 109 DEGREES ON THE
1ST AND 12TH. AND THINK OF IT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING IN THOSE DAYS.
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