Snow in Wichita just broke a 114-year-old record from the National Weather Service

Wednesday’s snowfall in Wichita broke a 114-year-old record with the National Weather Service.

The weather service’s Wichita office said in a tweet at around 8:15 p.m. that 0.4 inches of snow had been recorded so far at Eisenhower National Airport. That broke the old record of 0.3 inches of snow set on Oct. 30, 1905.

Two other snowfall records from that same year — 1.6 inches on Oct. 28 and 0.5 inches on Oct. 29 — remain on the books.

There’s a small chance another record could be broken overnight. The forecast calls for a low temperature of around 20 degrees in Wichita Thursday morning. The record of 18 degrees for Oct. 31 was set in 1993.

Halloween is predicted to be clear, but cold. Weather service meteorologists predict a sunny day with a slight breeze and a clear night. The daytime high will be near 44 degrees. The temperature will be around freezing in the evening before dipping down to a low of around 29 degrees overnight.

The Wichita Fire Department said in a tweet Wednesday evening that the Emergency Accident Reporting Plan, also known as EARP, has been put into effect as several crashes have been reported in the city. Firefighters advised that bridges were icing over.

“If you are involved in a non-injury accident, exchange information with the other driver involved and you can fill out an accident report at the nearest Quik Trip, Kwik Shop, online at wichitapolice.com, on the WPD APP, or at any police station,” the Wichita Police Department said of EARP.

This story was originally published October 30, 2019 at 9:03 PM.