HIGH STORM RISK  — Hutchinson sits in central Kansas and faces one of the most intense storm-risk climates in the continental US. The record high reached 113 F on July 27, 2011, while the record low plunged to -19 F on February 16, 2021 -- a range that stresses every roofing membrane and fastener. The city logs roughly 63 days above 90 F and 120 days below freezing annually, driving both UV granule loss and hard freeze-thaw cycling. Annual precipitation averages 32.93 inches with only 6.9 inches of snowfall, meaning most precipitation falls as heavy spring and summer rain accompanying severe thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes characteristic of central Kansas's tornado-alley exposure. Wind uplift and hail impact are the dominant roof-replacement drivers here.