000 CDUS43 KICT 100740 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 239 AM CDT MON APR 10 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 74 511 PM 91 1930 65 9 79 MINIMUM 35 628 AM 25 2003 42 -7 57 AVERAGE 55 53 2 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.85 1919 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.74 -0.66 T SINCE MAR 1 2.36 3.45 -1.09 1.82 SINCE JAN 1 2.47 5.31 -2.84 6.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1956 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 10 12 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 62 117 -55 58 SINCE MAR 1 552 711 -159 627 SINCE JUL 1 3745 4486 -741 3860 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 3 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 8 SINCE MAR 1 10 2 8 8 SINCE JAN 1 10 2 8 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 99 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 300 AM LOWEST 27 200 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 87 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 26 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2006.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 11 2006.........SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$