000 CDUS43 KICT 090625 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1224 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 79 1212 PM 80 1977 55 24 55 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 0 1967 32 13 27 AVERAGE 62 43 19 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.23 1973 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.60 -0.51 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.09 0.60 -0.51 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 0.20 2.46 -2.26 5.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.4 1958 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 14.6 -6.9 7.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 22 -19 24 MONTH TO DATE 71 185 -114 157 SINCE MAR 1 71 185 -114 157 SINCE JUL 1 3264 3960 -696 3390 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 39 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 16 300 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 81 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 3 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST MARCH 10 2006.........SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 632 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$