000 CDUS43 KICT 220622 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT MON MAY 22 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 84 359 PM 99 1925 78 6 98 MINIMUM 63 548 AM 36 1967 56 7 65 AVERAGE 74 67 7 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 3.05 1891 0.14 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.59 2.68 0.91 0.87 SINCE MAR 1 7.86 6.23 1.63 3.72 SINCE JAN 1 7.97 8.09 -0.12 8.73 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 6.8 -5.3 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 9.2 20.6 -11.4 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 80 77 3 80 SINCE MAR 1 713 1758 -1045 906 SINCE JUL 1 3906 5533 -1627 4139 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 4 5 17 MONTH TO DATE 42 41 1 104 SINCE MAR 1 136 43 93 129 SINCE JAN 1 136 43 93 129 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 59 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 95 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2006...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT MAY 23 2006...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$