000 CDUS43 KICT 260626 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1225 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 25 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 53 417 PM 89 1956 60 -7 46 MINIMUM 31 554 AM 8 1955 37 -6 41 AVERAGE 42 49 -7 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.03 1920 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.17 0.08 1.79 SINCE MAR 1 2.25 2.17 0.08 1.79 SINCE JAN 1 2.36 4.03 -1.67 6.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1957 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.5 2.2 -0.7 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 2.2 -0.7 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 9.2 16.0 -6.8 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 16 7 21 MONTH TO DATE 437 503 -66 485 SINCE MAR 1 437 503 -66 485 SINCE JUL 1 3630 4278 -648 3718 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 79 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 6 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 26 2006.........SUNRISE 624 AM CST SUNSET 647 PM CST MARCH 27 2006.........SUNRISE 623 AM CST SUNSET 648 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$