The average temperature in Wichita so far this month is 66 degrees – nearly nine degrees below normal for this time of year.
Not surprisingly, a number of records have been set in Wichita and the surrounding area.
For instance: The high temperature Friday in Wichita was 63, shattering the previous record for lowest high temperature of 68, set in 1962. Saturday’s high in Wichita was only 62, breaking the old mark of 66 set in 1920.
More records fell in Salina and Russell. The high temperature in Russell on Sept. 3 was 64, breaking the previous record from 1972 by one degree. On Sept. 6, the high of 61 broke the old record set in 1993 by six degrees.
Salina, meanwhile, hit 68 on Sept. 5, tying the record for lowest high set in 1962. The next day’s high of 61 broke the 1996 record by a whopping eight degrees.
South of Wichita, Chanute got into the record-setting business by peaking at 62 degrees on Sept. 6. That was six degrees lower than the old mark set in 1993.