000 CDUS43 KICT 030629 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 129 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 82 351 PM 92 1968 71 11 60 MINIMUM 45 328 AM 33 2005 49 -4 33 AVERAGE 64 60 4 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.46 1914 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.22 -0.22 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.27 5.50 -1.23 2.85 SINCE JAN 1 4.38 7.36 -2.98 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 1 6 -5 18 MONTH TO DATE 5 12 -7 35 SINCE MAR 1 638 908 -270 861 SINCE JUL 1 3831 4683 -852 4094 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 94 23 71 25 SINCE JAN 1 94 23 71 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 67 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 48 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 96 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 30 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2006...........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 4 2006...........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$