000 CDUS43 KICT 290701 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 100 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28 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 56 313 PM 71 1889 40 16 59 MINIMUM 41 336 AM -10 1894 21 20 34 AVERAGE 49 31 18 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.75 1979 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.02 1.25 -0.23 0.59 SINCE DEC 1 1.02 1.25 -0.23 0.59 SINCE JAN 1 28.69 30.28 -1.59 36.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1983 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.8 -2.8 7.6 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 2.8 -2.8 7.6 SINCE JUL 1 5.5 4.5 1.0 7.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 34 -18 18 MONTH TO DATE 736 862 -126 930 SINCE DEC 1 736 862 -126 930 SINCE JUL 1 1546 1766 -220 1667 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 11 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 900 AM LOWEST 70 1200 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -9 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 29 2006......SUNRISE 744 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST DECEMBER 30 2006......SUNRISE 744 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ES