Kansas heat burst sends temp to 102 degrees at 1 a.m.

Jerilyn Billings thought she had been teleported from Wichita to the desert.

"It was like I was in Phoenix," she said in a Facebook post.

It was no wonder — the temperature as 1 a.m. neared on Thursday had climbed to 102.

Readings surged 17 degrees in 20 minutes — from 85 at 12:22 a.m. to 102 at 12:42 a.m.

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Last Edited by Sergman on 06/14/2011 02:30 PM