000 CDUS44 KFWD 080638 CLISPS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 131 AM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004 ................................... ...THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 85 331 PM 110 2003 97 -12 110 MINIMUM 71 656 AM 62 1997 73 -2 74 AVERAGE 78 85 -7 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.11 1989 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.40 -0.35 T SINCE JAN 1 20.01 17.18 2.83 14.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 20 -7 27 MONTH TO DATE 126 140 -14 185 SINCE JUN 1 1013 1206 -193 1201 SINCE JAN 1 1419 1513 -94 1604 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 400 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 97 109 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 58 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2004........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2004........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$