By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

It’s still very cold in Hays, but it wasn’t a year ago.

March 4, 2018 the daytime high in Hays was 80° according to official records at the K-State Agricultural Research Center south of town.

March 4, 2019 the daytime high in Hays was 22°, with the overnight low dipping to -5°. That -5° ties the record low for March 4 set in 1960.

The record high in Hays on March 4 was 85° set ten years ago in 2009.

The first day of spring, according to the calendar, is Wed., March 20.