000 CDUS43 KICT 030635 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1235 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 61 448 PM 83 1901 52 9 59 MINIMUM 42 346 AM 1 1922 30 12 25 AVERAGE 52 41 11 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.55 1940 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 0.11 2.00 -1.89 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 14.0 -6.3 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 24 -11 23 MONTH TO DATE 13 48 -35 57 SINCE MAR 1 13 48 -35 57 SINCE JUL 1 3206 3823 -617 3290 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 30 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 57 400 AM LOWEST 22 500 PM AVERAGE 40 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 80 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 -2 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2006.........SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST MARCH 4 2006.........SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$