000 CDUS43 KICT 270917 CCA CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1235 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 76 444 PM 83 1918 61 15 67 MINIMUM 63 710 AM 6 1955 37 26 38 AVERAGE 70 49 21 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.59 1961 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.70 2.26 0.44 3.53 SINCE MAR 1 2.70 2.26 0.44 3.53 SINCE JAN 1 5.84 4.12 1.72 5.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1916 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.2 -2.2 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 2.2 -2.2 T SINCE JUL 1 15.4 16.0 -0.6 25.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 16 -16 12 MONTH TO DATE 392 519 -127 503 SINCE MAR 1 392 519 -127 503 SINCE JUL 1 4014 4294 -280 4326 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 0 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 0 7 1 SINCE MAR 1 7 0 7 1 SINCE JAN 1 7 0 7 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 6 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 60 500 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 90 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 14 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2004.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 648 PM CST MARCH 28 2004.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 649 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$