000 CDUS43 KICT 040623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 122 AM CDT TUE APR 4 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 63 446 PM 88 1893 63 0 80 MINIMUM 47 1124 PM 15 1975 40 7 43 AVERAGE 55 52 3 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1964 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.26 -0.23 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.31 2.97 -0.66 1.82 SINCE JAN 1 2.42 4.83 -2.41 6.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.6 1979 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 2.5 -1.0 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 9.2 16.3 -7.1 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 14 -4 3 MONTH TO DATE 10 42 -32 33 SINCE MAR 1 500 636 -136 602 SINCE JUL 1 3693 4411 -718 3835 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 2 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 1 2 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 61 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 200 AM LOWEST 27 500 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 91 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2006.........SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT APRIL 5 2006.........SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$