000 CDUS43 KICT 020631 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 131 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 71 448 PM 91 1968 71 0 56 MINIMUM 50 1127 PM 27 1909 49 1 40 AVERAGE 61 60 1 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.56 1910 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.11 -0.11 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.27 5.39 -1.12 2.85 SINCE JAN 1 4.38 7.25 -2.87 7.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 4 6 -2 17 MONTH TO DATE 4 6 -2 17 SINCE MAR 1 637 902 -265 843 SINCE JUL 1 3830 4677 -847 4076 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 94 22 72 25 SINCE JAN 1 94 22 72 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 51 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 92 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 33 2005 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2006...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 3 2006...........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$