000 CDUS43 KICT 230631 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1230 AM CST THU FEB 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 56 439 PM 87 1996 50 6 50 MINIMUM 20 734 AM 6 1889 27 -7 37 AVERAGE 38 39 -1 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.89 2000 0.05 -0.05 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.69 -0.69 1.37 SINCE DEC 1 0.70 2.88 -2.18 4.85 SINCE JAN 1 0.11 1.53 -1.42 4.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1975 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.5 -3.5 T SINCE DEC 1 7.7 11.5 -3.8 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 13.2 -5.5 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 27 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 689 665 24 529 SINCE DEC 1 2347 2717 -370 2404 SINCE JUL 1 3084 3621 -537 3089 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 16 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 82 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 0 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 618 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$