In western Kansas, extreme heat might be new norm

Published July 27, 2012 5:06am ET



KEITH SEBELIUS RESERVOIR, Kan. (AP) — Mike Lentz watched in amazement as the digital readout to his thermometer ticked higher and higher in late June.

It hit 111. Then 113.

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