000 CDUS43 KICT 210641 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1241 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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 52 145 PM 70 1894 42 10 30 MINIMUM 42 1252 AM -7 1983 23 19 24 AVERAGE 47 32 15 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.90 1.02 1920 0.04 0.86 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.02 0.93 0.09 0.59 SINCE DEC 1 1.02 0.93 0.09 0.59 SINCE JAN 1 28.69 29.96 -1.27 36.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.8 1983 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.0 -2.0 7.6 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 2.0 -2.0 7.6 SINCE JUL 1 5.5 3.7 1.8 7.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 32 -14 38 MONTH TO DATE 522 595 -73 753 SINCE DEC 1 522 595 -73 753 SINCE JUL 1 1332 1499 -167 1490 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 31 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 80 400 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 66 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -8 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2006......SUNRISE 741 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST DECEMBER 22 2006......SUNRISE 741 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$