More sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s are in store for Wichita today, forecasters say.
North winds ranging from single digits to gusts above 20 miles an hour will give the conditions some sting.
Patchy frost is expected overnight, when lows are forecast to hit the upper 30s. The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a frost advisory for 21 counties in southern and central Kansas, including the Wichita metropolitan area.
Highs on Thursday will approach 70 under sunny skies.
…than this one since records for Wichita began being kept in 1888, according to the National Weather Service.
The average temperature at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport was 51.2 degrees, a substantial 7.4 degrees below normal. Only 1925, which had an average temperature of 49.0 degrees, was colder.
But 2009 still put up some remarkable statistics: 25 of 31 days recorded below normal readings, with 13 of those days at least 10 degrees below normal.
Record low temperatures were set on Oct. 3 (37 degrees) and Oct. 11 (34). Record cool high temperatures were set on Oct. 10 (42) and Oct. 11 (45).
This October was on pace to be the coldest on record until a warm-up late in the month boosted the average temperature. That warm-up looks to continue for several more days.
Today will be even nicer than Monday for the Wichita area, forecasters say.
Sunny skies and highs in the mid-60s are expected, and those gusty north winds that gave Monday some bite will ease into the single digits. Overnight lows will bottom out in the low 40s.
Highs on Wednesday should again be in the mid-60s, with light north winds. Warm, dry weather is in the forecast through the weekend.
Sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s are in the forecast for Wichita today – but so is a northeast wind that will give conditions a bit of a bite.
Those winds will be steady in the teens, with gusts to about 20 miles an hour, forecasters say. Highs should reach the mid-60s, then fall into the low 40s overnight.
Tuesday will see winds shift to the south, with highs again in 60s.