000 CDUS43 KICT 180713 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 212 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 97 345 PM 106 1956 92 5 88 MINIMUM 71 557 AM 57 1992 68 3 70 AVERAGE 84 80 4 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.70 1963 0.09 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.80 1.56 1.24 5.39 SINCE JUN 1 11.28 9.12 2.16 17.04 SINCE JAN 1 22.42 18.69 3.73 26.76 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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 19 15 4 14 MONTH TO DATE 339 269 70 244 SINCE JUN 1 1276 1102 174 1099 SINCE JAN 1 1545 1216 329 1288 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 94 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 106 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 54 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2006........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2006........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ COX