Overnight temp dropped into the 30s, but not a record

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Fall is in the air with the autumnal equinox beginning last Thursday, Sept. 22, at 9:21 a.m. Central Time.

The change of seasons is also evident in cooler overnight temperatures.

According to official statistics from the K-State Ag Research Center south of town, the overnight low Wednesday, Sept. 28 in Hays dropped to a chilly 39 degrees after a pleasant daytime high of 76 degrees.

That’s not a record low, though. Record keeper Joe Becker says it was 100 years ago, Sept. 22, 1916, the overnight temperature dropped to an unseasonably cold 25 degrees, which remains the record for Sept. 22.