000 CDUS43 KICT 060622 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 84 207 PM 89 1893 64 20 79 MINIMUM 55 208 AM 21 1920 40 15 56 AVERAGE 70 52 18 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.45 1928 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.42 -0.39 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.31 3.13 -0.82 1.82 SINCE JAN 1 2.42 4.99 -2.57 6.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.6 1901 T 0.0 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 0 13 -13 0 MONTH TO DATE 23 68 -45 33 SINCE MAR 1 513 662 -149 602 SINCE JUL 1 3706 4437 -731 3835 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 0 5 3 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 5 SINCE MAR 1 6 2 4 5 SINCE JAN 1 6 2 4 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 10 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 700 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2006.........SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 7 2006.........SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$