SXUS73 KICT 220344

RERICT



RECORD EVENT REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS

1044 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026



...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET TODAY...MARCH 21ST...



WICHITA...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT WICHITA EISENHOWER AIRPORT REACHED 

93 DEGREES TODAY. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1916. 

FURTHERMORE...TODAY'S HIGH OF 93 WAS WICHITA'S WARMEST MARCH 

TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (SINCE 1889).



SALINA...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REACHED 97 

DEGREES TODAY. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 96 SET IN 1907. 

FURTHERMORE...TODAY'S HIGH OF 97 WAS SALINA'S WARMEST MARCH 

TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (SINCE 1900).



CHANUTE...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT CHANUTE MARTIN-JOHNSON AIRPORT 

REACHED 95 DEGREES TODAY. THIS TIED THE RECORD LAST SET IN 1916. 

FURTHERMORE...TODAY'S HIGH OF 95 TIED 1916 FOR CHANUTE'S WARMEST 

MARCH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (SINCE 1894).



RUSSELL...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT RUSSELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REACHED 

96 DEGREES TODAY. THIS SMASHED THE RECORD OF 85 SET IN 1997. 

FURTHERMORE...TODAY'S HIGH OF 97 WAS RUSSELL'S WARMEST MARCH 

TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (SINCE 1950).



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