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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
612 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2025  
   
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY  
 
IN 1936, SALINA TIED THEIR ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE  
MONTH OF JULY WHEN THE CITY WAS TORCHED BY A TEMPERATURE  
OF 116 DEGREES. THE RECORD HAD BEEN SET JUST 6 DAYS  
EARLIER ON JULY 18TH. SALINA'S ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH IS  
118 DEGREES SET ON AUGUST 13TH, 1936. IN COMPARISON, IN  
1942, LAS VEGAS HAD SET THEIR ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 117  
DEGREES, A RECORD THAT WOULD BE TIED ON JULY 19, 2005.  
IN 1979, CLAUDETTE WAS A WEAK TROPICAL STORM, BUT DO NOT  
SAY THAT TO RESIDENTS OF ALVIN TEXAS. A PHENOMENAL 43  
INCHES OF RAIN INUNDATED THE HOUSTON SUBURB TO SET THE  
ALL TIME 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE UNITED STATES.  
THIS STAGGERING TOTAL IS JUST 10.82 INCHES SHY OF THE ALL  
TIME ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORD FOR WICHITA WHICH IS 53.82  
INCHES SET IN 2008.  
 
 
 
HERE IS SOME TRULY 'SHOCKING' NEWS THAT YOU SHOULD FIND  
EQUALLY 'REVOLTING'. IN 1947, A LIGHTNING BOLT  
REPORTEDLY YIELDING 345,000 AMPS OF ELECTRICITY STRUCK  
PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA. IT GARNERED THE GREATEST  
HEADLINES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 'CURRENT' EVENTS.  
 
 
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