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CLIICT

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
145 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79    219 PM  91    1987  68     11       74       
  MINIMUM         52    612 AM  28    1953  44      8       60       
  AVERAGE         66                        56     10       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.96 1970   0.08  -0.08      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      1.46  -1.38     0.28    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.36                      4.17  -1.81     2.10    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.47                      6.03  -3.56     7.11    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  1953   0.0    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                         9     -9        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   62                       211   -149      117       
  SINCE MAR 1    552                       805   -253      686       
  SINCE JUL 1   3745                      4580   -835     3919       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         1      0        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   72                         7     65       11       
  SINCE MAR 1     73                         9     64       11       
  SINCE JAN 1     73                         9     64       11       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     17           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    49                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        32      1907                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE   649 AM CDT   SUNSET   809 PM CDT   
APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE   648 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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