000 CDUS43 KICT 040715 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 113 AM CST WED JAN 4 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 69R 337 PM 68 1997 40 29 34 MINIMUM 30 238 AM -12 1919 20 10 30 AVERAGE 50 30 20 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.83 1973 0.03 -0.03 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.09 -0.09 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 0.59 1.44 -0.85 0.98 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.09 -0.09 0.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1973 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 7.6 3.7 3.9 T SINCE JUL 1 7.6 5.4 2.2 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 35 -20 33 MONTH TO DATE 50 105 -55 59 SINCE DEC 1 1043 1070 -27 895 SINCE JUL 1 1780 1974 -194 1580 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 65 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 26 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 68 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -10 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2006.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST JANUARY 5 2006.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ COX