000 CDUS43 KICT 130656 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1255 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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 82 323 PM 85 1916 56 26 84 MINIMUM 49 305 AM 6 1948 33 16 39 AVERAGE 66 45 21 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.31 1937 0.09 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.95 -0.45 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 0.50 0.95 -0.45 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 0.61 2.81 -2.20 5.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1958 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 15.0 -7.3 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 20 -20 3 MONTH TO DATE 116 268 -152 219 SINCE MAR 1 116 268 -152 219 SINCE JUL 1 3309 4043 -734 3452 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 0 1 0 SINCE JAN 1 1 0 1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 45 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 900 AM LOWEST 9 400 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 84 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 4 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 13 2006.........SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 635 PM CST MARCH 14 2006.........SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 636 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$