000 CDUS43 KICT 230712 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 112 AM CST THU MAR 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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 34 1242 PM 92 1907 59 -25 48 MINIMUM 29 1159 PM 12 2002 36 -7 37 AVERAGE 32 48 -16 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.41 1979 0.10 -0.02 0.66 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 1.89 0.35 1.78 SINCE MAR 1 2.24 1.89 0.35 1.78 SINCE JAN 1 2.35 3.75 -1.40 6.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.3 R 0.3 1912 0.1 1.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.4 2.2 -0.8 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.4 2.2 -0.8 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 9.1 16.0 -6.9 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 17 16 22 MONTH TO DATE 355 453 -98 422 SINCE MAR 1 355 453 -98 422 SINCE JUL 1 3548 4228 -680 3655 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 900 PM LOWEST 61 500 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 14 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2006.........SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 644 PM CST MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 645 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$