000 CDUS43 KICT 250623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 76 357 PM 90 1989 69 7 62 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 31 1967 46 1 33 AVERAGE 62 58 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.61 1.25 1942 0.09 0.52 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.77 1.98 -1.21 0.30 SINCE MAR 1 3.05 4.69 -1.64 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 3.16 6.55 -3.39 7.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T R 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE T 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 3 8 -5 17 MONTH TO DATE 82 262 -180 157 SINCE MAR 1 572 856 -284 726 SINCE JUL 1 3765 4631 -866 3959 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 93 13 80 25 SINCE MAR 1 94 15 79 25 SINCE JAN 1 94 15 79 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 45 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 65 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAIL FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 60 400 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 90 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 34 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2006.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT APRIL 26 2006.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$