WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Temperatures fell well below zero around Kansas, including in Wichita, which hit a record low for the date.
The temperature in Wichita on Sunday dipped to minus 10, a record for Dec. 18. The National Weather Service said the temperature later inched up to minus 5.
Weather service meteorologist Andy Kleinsasser said the former record for Dec. 18 was minus 4, which was recorded in 1983. He also says the Sunday low tied for the third-coldest December day in Wichita.
The frigid weather follows freezing rain that created dangerous road conditions throughout much of Kansas on Saturday.