000 CDUS43 KICT 190621 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1221 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 44 556 PM 83 1921 58 -14 62 MINIMUM 38 527 AM 2 1923 35 3 36 AVERAGE 41 47 -6 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.39 1.44 1984 0.09 0.30 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 1.49 -0.60 0.06 SINCE MAR 1 0.89 1.49 -0.60 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 1.00 3.35 -2.35 5.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.4 1961 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 7.7 15.6 -7.9 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 18 6 16 MONTH TO DATE 240 383 -143 352 SINCE MAR 1 240 383 -143 352 SINCE JUL 1 3433 4158 -725 3585 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 400 PM LOWEST 82 1100 AM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 91 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 4 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2006.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 641 PM CST MARCH 20 2006.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 642 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$