000 CDUS43 KICT 090620 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1220 AM CST MON JAN 9 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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 66 301 PM 75 2002 39 27 34 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM -11 1979 20 22 15 AVERAGE 54 30 24 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.40 1997 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.24 -0.24 2.57 SINCE DEC 1 0.59 1.59 -1.00 2.87 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.24 -0.24 2.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1987 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.6 SINCE DEC 1 7.6 4.2 3.4 0.6 SINCE JUL 1 7.6 5.9 1.7 2.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 35 -24 40 MONTH TO DATE 144 280 -136 277 SINCE DEC 1 1137 1245 -108 1113 SINCE JUL 1 1874 2149 -275 1798 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 58 1100 PM LOWEST 21 1200 AM AVERAGE 40 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 69 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -7 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 9 2006.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 529 PM CST JANUARY 10 2006.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$