060 CDUS43 KICT 260702 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 100 AM CST THU FEB 26 2004 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 2004... 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 44 459 PM 78 1986 51 -7 18 MINIMUM 27 1150 PM 3 1960 28 -1 4 AVERAGE 36 40 -4 11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1912 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.78 0.84 -0.06 1.91 SINCE DEC 1 3.51 3.03 0.48 3.25 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 1.68 0.94 2.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.8 1889 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.2 3.8 3.4 12.3 SINCE DEC 1 15.4 11.8 3.6 24.9 SINCE JUL 1 15.4 13.5 1.9 24.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 26 3 54 MONTH TO DATE 825 744 81 765 SINCE DEC 1 2690 2796 -106 2678 SINCE JUL 1 3546 3700 -154 3707 COOLING YESTERDAY 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 35 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1000 PM LOWEST 49 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 78 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 0 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2004......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2004......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 621 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$