000 CDUS43 KICT 270627 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1226 AM CST MON FEB 27 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 56 348 PM 78 1896 51 5 60 MINIMUM 24 602 AM 0 1934 29 -5 36 AVERAGE 40 40 0 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.91 1903 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.90 -0.90 1.83 SINCE DEC 1 0.70 3.09 -2.39 5.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.11 1.74 -1.63 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.2 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.9 -3.9 T SINCE DEC 1 7.7 11.9 -4.2 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 13.6 -5.9 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 25 0 17 MONTH TO DATE 779 769 10 619 SINCE DEC 1 2437 2821 -384 2494 SINCE JUL 1 3174 3725 -551 3179 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 55 600 AM LOWEST 20 400 PM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 78 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 1 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2006......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 621 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2006......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 622 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$