By THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
In 2000, record heat continued to broil parts of central and south-central Kansas. Salina was torched by its hottest temperature ever in the month of September when the mercury soared to a sizzling 110 degrees while Wichita baked in 108 degree heat. This tied Sept. 3, 1947, for the Air Capital's hottest temperature ever for September.
In 1935, likely the most violent hurricane ever to strike the United States, the infamous Labor Day Hurricane roared through the Florida Keys with sustained winds around 200 mph. The hurricane produced a 15 foot storm surge, waves around 30 feet high, killed 408 people, and caused around $6 million damage. The barometric pressure at Long Key, Fla., dropped to 26.35 inches, the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in the United States at that time.