000 CDUS43 KICT 230624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 124 AM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 91R 417 PM 91 1955 69 22 70 MINIMUM 52 558 AM 32 1959 46 6 46 AVERAGE 72 57 15 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.03 1944 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 1.80 -1.72 0.28 SINCE MAR 1 2.36 4.51 -2.15 2.10 SINCE JAN 1 2.47 6.37 -3.90 7.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 8 -8 7 MONTH TO DATE 79 246 -167 125 SINCE MAR 1 569 840 -271 694 SINCE JUL 1 3762 4615 -853 3927 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 79 11 68 25 SINCE MAR 1 80 13 67 25 SINCE JAN 1 80 13 67 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 600 AM LOWEST 21 300 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 91 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 34 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2006.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT APRIL 24 2006.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$