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  At the Kansas/Nebraska border there was a temperature of -26F and a wind of 15 mph creating a wind chill of -53F near Haigler, NB. Haigler hugs the Kansas/Nebraska border and one of its streets Logan runs into Kansas. 

   Did you say that on January 10, 1982 there was an NFL game that had a temp of -9F with a wind chill of -37F(-59F old scale)? I just recently read in a newspaper from Hutchinson, Kansas published on January 11, 1982 that wind chills in the northeastern part of the state had wind chills as low as 80 degrees below zero. It comes out to be about 54 degrees below zero on the new scale. Christmas Eve 1983 was also cold with wind chills of 70 to 80 degrees below zero(-52F new scale) and December 22-23, 1989 had temperatures as low as -30F and wind chills of minus 60 to minus 70 on the old scale. It works out to be about -53F to -57F on the new scale. Kansas record keeping is really bad and it is also very rural. The only place I can find any data is through old 1980s newspapers with the exception of the Oketo, Kansas -78F(-52F new scale) on Christmas Eve 1983. January 20-21, 1985 I really couldn't find anything but I think Central, Kansas may have had wind chills of -50F in some rural areas.

   You can find a lot of information about past wind chills in newspapers from the 1980s. Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio had wind chills of -60F(-85F old scale) on January 20-21, 1985. Kansas had wind chills of -50F to -55F(-80F old scale) on January 10, 1982 and December 24, 1983(Oketo reading). Central Kansas had wind chills around -50F to -51F(-70F to -75F old scale) on January 10, 1982 in some areas. Additionally many parts of Northern, Kansas likely had temperatures of -25F to -30F with wind chills of -60F to -70F(-52F to -55F). There may have been colder wind chills in 1989 than the Oketo reading but it would be best to keep with the -52F.