000 CDUS43 KICT 010652 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1251 AM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 73 513 PM 88 1946 62 11 54 MINIMUM 46 150 AM 19 1926 39 7 40 AVERAGE 60 51 9 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1927 0.09 -0.09 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.28 2.71 -0.43 1.82 SINCE MAR 1 2.28 2.71 -0.43 1.82 SINCE JAN 1 2.39 4.57 -2.18 6.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1984 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 5 14 -9 18 MONTH TO DATE 490 594 -104 569 SINCE MAR 1 490 594 -104 569 SINCE JUL 1 3683 4369 -686 3802 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 2 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 2 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 1 2 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 87 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 100 AM LOWEST 27 400 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 89 1903 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2006.........SUNRISE 615 AM CST SUNSET 652 PM CST APRIL 2 2006.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ COX