Record High Temperature, Hill City, Kansas

28 June 2012
|
| HILL CITY, Kan. - Blistering heat is helping Hill City,
| Kan. get a national reputation.
|
| The western Kansas town hit 115 degrees on Wednesday -- a
| day after hitting the same mark to earn the distinction of
| recording the nation's highest temperature, according to
| the National Weather Service.
|
| Tuesday's reading was also a new record for that date in
| the town.
|
| Numerous Kansas communities are shattering records for high
| temperatures this week as an intense heat wave bears down.
| Farmers fear they're losing valuable corn crops to the
| heat, and emergency management officials are urging
| residents to take extreme caution and avoid being outside.
| ...
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--bks