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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
455 PM CST THU FEB 19 2004

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         67    304 PM  74    1930  49     18       56       
  MINIMUM         46    128 AM   2    1975  26     20       37       
  AVERAGE         57                        38     19       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          1.36 1891   0.04  -0.04     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.75                      0.55   0.20     1.21    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.48                      2.74   0.74     2.55    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.59                      1.39   1.20     1.33    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           3.5  1902   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.2                       3.2    4.0      2.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.4                      11.2    4.2     14.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     15.4                      12.9    2.5     14.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            8                        28    -20       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  687                       583    104      535       
  SINCE DEC 1   2552                      2635    -83     2448       
  SINCE JUL 1   3408                      3539   -131     3477       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    36   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80          M600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52          M100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        81      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27         3      1918                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2004......SUNRISE   715 AM CST   SUNSET   613 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 20 2004......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   614 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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