90 years ago on this day (1936): it was the hottest day in Wichita history.
On that Tuesday afternoon, the high temperature in Wichita topped out at 114 degrees — still the all-time record 90 years later.
As part of the brutal summer of 1936, during the Great Depression and the ‘Dust Bowl’, it was the sixth straight day of 100+ degree heat, and the fourth straight day in which the temperature had reached or exceeded 110 degrees…