000 CDUS43 KICT 180627 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1227 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 54 446 PM 86 1994 58 -4 60 MINIMUM 28 549 AM 9 1892 35 -7 29 AVERAGE 41 46 -5 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.90 2003 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 0.50 1.40 -0.90 0.06 SINCE MAR 1 0.50 1.40 -0.90 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 0.61 3.26 -2.65 5.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.4 1988 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 15.5 -7.8 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 19 5 20 MONTH TO DATE 216 365 -149 336 SINCE MAR 1 216 365 -149 336 SINCE JUL 1 3409 4140 -731 3569 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 44 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 500 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 83 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 2 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2006.........SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 640 PM CST MARCH 19 2006.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 641 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$