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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Wichita KS

512 AM CST Tue Dec 30 2025



...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...



In 1983, the low temperature in Wichita plunged to 10

below zero.  This marked the 10th day in December that

the mercury had fallen below zero which set a record for

sub zero low temperatures in any month for the Air

Capital.  Wichita would experience, by far, the coldest

December on record with an average monthly temperature of

16.3 degrees, undercutting the second place occupant,

2000, during which an average of 23.9 degrees occurred,

by a 7.6 degree margin.  



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In 1862, the U.S.S.  Monitor sank in a winter storm off

Cape Hatteras North Carolina.  



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