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| Event typeevent_type | Excessive Heat |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 334,340 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 55,767 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2011-07-15T18:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2011-07-25T01:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | KANSAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | JEWELL |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | AWOS |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | July 2011 will be remembered for the heat across North Central Kansas, as most all of the 6-county area averaged at least 2-4 degrees above 30-year normals when factoring in both the daily highs and lows. The overall hottest 10-11 day stretch of the month centered from the 14th through the 24th, as an expansive upper level high pressure ridge became dominant over the Central Plains. During this time frame, daily high temperatures were regularly between 95-105 degrees, with places such as Beloit reaching or exceeding 100 degrees on nine consecutive days. Factoring in high humidity, with dewpoints well into 60s to around 70 most days, afternoon heat index values across the area topped out around 110 degrees on several afternoons. ||Some of the most oppressive days of all focused from Sunday the 17th through Wednesday the 20th, as the center of the upper high parked itself directly over Kansas and Nebraska with 500 millibar heights maxing out around 6000 meters. On the 20th, observation sites near Alton and Plainville reached 108 and 107 degrees, respectively. For Beloit, it ended up being the 4th-hottest July on record, and the hottest since 1980. Although the heat put a strain on area crops, including corn entering the pollination stage, significant agricultural impacts were minimized as most of North Central Kansas received above-normal precipitation for the month, faring much better than the majority of the state. This stood in stark contrast to extreme to exceptional drought conditions occurring across much of southern Kansas, where locations such as Wichita topped a 1936 record by reaching 100 or more degrees 53 times during the summer. |
| Yearyear | 2,011 |
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