It’s hot. There’s no denying it.

In fact, according to the AP, Kansas was home to the hottest place in the country on Sunday.

No, it wasn’t Lawrence.

But we did top 100 degrees for the first time all year, and that means it’s time to announce the winner of our Ron King Agency Guess the First 100-Degree Day contest.

As it turns out, according to the National Weather Service, the arbiter of all things temperature and precipitation, we officially hit 100 in Lawrence at 4:15 p.m. (We topped out at 101 at 6 p.m., they said).

So, that means it’s time to announce our winner. We had hundreds and hundreds of entries and out of all of them, our winner was just 45 minutes off.

Meghan Kinley of Lawrence guessed we would hit 100 degrees at 3:30 on July 10. Well, it was 4:15, but that’s close enough to win the prize.

So, congratulations Meghan! Meghan claimed a prize package that included:

• Four tickets to a T-Bones game
• Over-the-shoulder bag cooler
• Giant beach towel
• 16-inch flying disk toy
• Toy sand shovel and molds
• Neutrogena spray-on sunscreen
• Roll-up picnic blanket tote
• EZ-Freeze water bottles
• Fruit Burst drink syrup

Special thanks to Ron King Agency for being the presenting sponsor for our contest, and also to the Kansas City T-Bones for the baseball tickets.

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