000 CDUS43 KICT 230644 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 143 AM CDT MON OCT 23 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 56 302 PM 87 1899 68 -12 66 MINIMUM 26R 433 AM 29 1990 44 -18 41 AVERAGE 41 56 -15 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.01 1918 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.82 -1.31 1.40 SINCE SEP 1 1.23 4.78 -3.55 2.02 SINCE JAN 1 26.78 24.85 1.93 35.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1996 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 9 15 11 MONTH TO DATE 177 131 46 92 SINCE SEP 1 207 180 27 106 SINCE JUL 1 207 180 27 106 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 68 35 33 64 SINCE SEP 1 192 256 -64 369 SINCE JAN 1 1923 1657 266 1843 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 89 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 25 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2006.......SUNRISE 746 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2006.......SUNRISE 747 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$