Storms brought 75-mph winds, baseball-sized hail and heavy rains the afternoon and evening of June 17 to parts of ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 85 °F (29.4 °C) and a 66% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 8 to 9 mph (12.9 to 14.5 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11.3 kph). The ...

Cowley County, namely Winfield, saw 80 mph winds from 6:15 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday. The county had been under a severe thunderstorm warning, National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Baerg said.

Jack Woods, project analyst at Veridus Group, said preliminary data gathered indicates that Winfield has experienced rapid growth over the past 20 years, more than tripling the number of residents.

The USDA has access to thousands more weather stations now than in the past. That, combined with 30 years of new data, led to big changes in its hardiness map of cold winter temperatures in Kansas.