000 CDUS43 KICT 250624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1223 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 67 349 PM 79 1956 50 17 51 MINIMUM 31 124 AM -4 1913 28 3 26 AVERAGE 49 39 10 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 2001 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.79 -0.79 1.83 SINCE DEC 1 0.70 2.98 -2.28 5.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.11 1.63 -1.52 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1934 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.7 -3.7 T SINCE DEC 1 7.7 11.7 -4.0 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 13.4 -5.7 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 26 -10 26 MONTH TO DATE 727 718 9 582 SINCE DEC 1 2385 2770 -385 2457 SINCE JUL 1 3122 3674 -552 3142 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 58 100 AM LOWEST 20 400 PM AVERAGE 39 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 78 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 3 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 619 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2006......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$