By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

It was cooler than usual Monday night in Hays.

The temperature dropped low enough to set a new record low for July 22 – just barely.

According to official records from the K-State Agricultural Research Center, the overnight low was 52 degrees.

That beats the previous low for July 22 of 53 degrees set exactly 100 years ago in 1919.

Monday’s high in Hays was 83 degrees.

One year ago it was 89 degrees with an overnight low of 69 degrees.