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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1983, THE TEMPERATURE IN WICHITA DROPPED TO ZERO
AROUND MIDNIGHT. IT REMAINED AT OR BELOW ZERO FOR A
RECORD OF 4.5 DAYS, 110 HOURS TO BE EXACT. THE AT OR
BELOW ZERO STREAK ENDED AT NOON ON THE 25TH. IN 1989, AN
ARCTIC OUTBREAK OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS FURTHER TIGHTENED
ITS GRIP ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS, AS 40 CITIES SET RECORD
LOWS FOR THE DATE. ONE SUCH LOCATION WAS HAVRE MONTANA,
WHERE THE LOW WAS A PHENOMENAL 44 BELOW ZERO. DICKINSON,
ND HAD A LOW OF 33 BELOW, WITH WIND CHILLS AROUND AN
INCREDIBLE 85 BELOW. AFTER RECORDING A LOW OF 25 BELOW,
SIOUX FALLS, SD ONLY CLIMBED TO 16 BELOW THAT AFTERNOON.
THIS RESULTED IN A CALENDAR DAY AVERAGE OF 20.5 BELOW, A
RECORD LOWEST CALENDAR DAY AVERAGE FOR DECEMBER.
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