According to the Kansas State Agricultural Research Center, the mercury was higher Wednesday than on any other May 7 in recorded history.

According to the daily weather update from the K-State Ag Center, the new record high temperature of 98 degrees shattered the old record of 93 degrees, set in 1934, 1962 and 2004.

The May 8 record of 101, set in 1963, likely will stand at least one more year, with the projected high temperature only expected to reach into the mid-70s.