000 CDUS43 KICT 180628 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1228 AM CST MON DEC 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 47 346 PM 72 1939 43 4 35 MINIMUM 39 524 AM 1 1901 24 15 24 AVERAGE 43 33 10 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.52 2005 0.04 -0.04 0.52 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.81 -0.81 0.59 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.81 -0.81 0.59 SINCE JAN 1 27.67 29.84 -2.17 36.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 2005 0.1 -0.1 5.5 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.7 -1.7 7.5 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 1.7 -1.7 7.5 SINCE JUL 1 5.5 3.4 2.1 7.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 32 -10 35 MONTH TO DATE 455 499 -44 629 SINCE DEC 1 455 499 -44 629 SINCE JUL 1 1265 1403 -138 1366 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1924 1658 266 1845 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 13 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 400 AM LOWEST 36 1100 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 68 2001 1889 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2006......SUNRISE 739 AM CST SUNSET 513 PM CST DECEMBER 19 2006......SUNRISE 740 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$