000 CDUS43 KICT 090637 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 137 AM CDT SUN APR 9 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 60 502 PM 89 1905 65 -5 68 MINIMUM 38 657 AM 26 1914 41 -3 39 AVERAGE 49 53 -4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1922 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.66 -0.58 T SINCE MAR 1 2.36 3.37 -1.01 1.82 SINCE JAN 1 2.47 5.23 -2.76 6.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1938 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 16 12 4 11 MONTH TO DATE 52 105 -53 58 SINCE MAR 1 542 699 -157 627 SINCE JUL 1 3735 4474 -739 3860 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 5 SINCE MAR 1 10 2 8 5 SINCE JAN 1 10 2 8 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 80 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 30 500 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 91 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2006.........SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT APRIL 10 2006.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$