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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
453 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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         86    352 PM 107    1946  93     -7       91       
  MINIMUM         70    721 AM  51    1989  69      1       72       
  AVERAGE         78                        81     -3       82      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          1.40 1902   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.75  -0.74     1.54    
  SINCE JUN 1     14.93                      8.31   6.62     6.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.83                     19.61   9.22    18.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      T                         0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         5     -5       13       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           13                        16     -3       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                       130    -15      141       
  SINCE JUN 1    770                       963   -193      992       
  SINCE JAN 1   1013                      1077    -64     1089       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   93       111      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        55      1989                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  8 2004........SUNRISE   640 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 PM CDT   
AUGUST  9 2004........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   829 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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