000 CDUS43 KICT 030623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1223 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 28 338 PM 67 1997 40 -12 45 MINIMUM 6 737 AM -6 1979 20 -14 20 AVERAGE 17 30 -13 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1951 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 2.62 1.41 1.21 1.69 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.9 1975 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 10.6 3.6 7.0 1.3 SINCE JUL 1 13.1 5.3 7.8 6.8 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 48 35 13 32 MONTH TO DATE 90 70 20 65 SINCE DEC 1 1130 1035 95 860 SINCE JUL 1 1882 1939 -57 1670 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 98 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 900 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 69 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -12 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2008.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST JANUARY 4 2008.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$