Wichita wasn’t the only city in the Sunflower State to set a new record for low temperature on April 7.
Russell recorded an overnight low of 11, shattering the previous record by 6 degrees. Salina, meanwhile, recorded a low of 17. That topped the previous record by 2 degrees. Wichita dropped to 21, bettering the old record by 2 degrees as well.
All three previous records were set in 2007.
Dodge City reported 19 degrees, erasing the old record of 21 set in 1938 and matched in 2007. Garden City fell to 18, bettering the record of 21 from 2007. Medicine Lodge reported 19, several degrees below the old record of 24 from 1996.