000 CDUS43 KICT 080626 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1226 AM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 76 512 PM 78 1974 54 22 59 MINIMUM 53 459 AM -3 1943 32 21 31 AVERAGE 65 43 22 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.38 1998 0.08 -0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.52 -0.43 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.09 0.52 -0.43 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 0.20 2.38 -2.18 5.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1969 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 14.5 -6.8 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 22 -22 20 MONTH TO DATE 68 163 -95 133 SINCE MAR 1 68 163 -95 133 SINCE JUL 1 3261 3938 -677 3366 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 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 1000 PM LOWEST 32 1200 AM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 80 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 0 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2006.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$