000 CDUS43 KICT 280624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1223 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 72 346 PM 78 1976 52 20 49 MINIMUM 39 510 AM 1 1890 29 10 30 AVERAGE 56 40 16 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.93 1918 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.96 -0.96 1.83 SINCE DEC 1 0.70 3.15 -2.45 5.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.11 1.80 -1.69 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1900 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 4.0 -4.0 T SINCE DEC 1 7.7 12.0 -4.3 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 13.7 -6.0 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 25 -16 25 MONTH TO DATE 788 794 -6 644 SINCE DEC 1 2446 2846 -400 2519 SINCE JUL 1 3183 3750 -567 3204 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 600 AM LOWEST 29 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 0 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2006......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 622 PM CST MARCH 1 2006.........SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$