000 CDUS43 KICT 050624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 62 609 PM 94 1963 72 -10 65 MINIMUM 50 857 AM 27 1907 50 0 36 AVERAGE 56 61 -5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.64 1.04 1933 0.11 0.53 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.72 0.44 0.28 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.99 5.72 -0.73 2.85 SINCE JAN 1 5.10 7.58 -2.48 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 9 5 4 14 MONTH TO DATE 14 22 -8 63 SINCE MAR 1 647 918 -271 889 SINCE JUL 1 3840 4693 -853 4122 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 94 25 69 25 SINCE JAN 1 94 25 69 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 38 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 300 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 96 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 35 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2006...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 6 2006...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$