000 CDUS43 KICT 170649 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1249 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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 38 405 AM 72 1898 48 -10 44 MINIMUM 19 1159 PM -6 1903 26 -7 30 AVERAGE 29 37 -8 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.86 1911 0.04 -0.04 0.01 MONTH TO DATE T 0.43 -0.43 1.10 SINCE DEC 1 0.70 2.62 -1.92 4.58 SINCE JAN 1 0.11 1.27 -1.16 4.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.8 1975 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE T 2.9 -2.9 T SINCE DEC 1 7.7 10.9 -3.2 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 12.6 -4.9 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 29 7 28 MONTH TO DATE 445 498 -53 406 SINCE DEC 1 2103 2550 -447 2281 SINCE JUL 1 2840 3454 -614 2966 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 (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 28 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1000 AM LOWEST 47 500 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 75 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -4 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 17 2006......SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST FEBRUARY 18 2006......SUNRISE 716 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$