000 CDUS43 KICT 070637 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1236 AM CST TUE MAR 7 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 71 408 PM 80 1925 54 17 69 MINIMUM 30 445 AM 4 1943 31 -1 39 AVERAGE 51 43 8 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 1990 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.44 -0.35 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.09 0.44 -0.35 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 0.20 2.30 -2.10 5.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1941 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 14.4 -6.7 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 23 -9 11 MONTH TO DATE 68 141 -73 113 SINCE MAR 1 68 141 -73 113 SINCE JUL 1 3261 3916 -655 3346 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 66 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 800 AM LOWEST 20 300 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 78 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2006.........SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST MARCH 8 2006.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$