000 CDUS43 KICT 050643 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CST SAT JAN 5 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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 42 418 PM 68 1916 39 3 54 MINIMUM 28 346 AM -10 1959 20 8 37 AVERAGE 35 30 5 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 2005 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 2.62 1.47 1.15 1.69 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1902 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 10.6 3.8 6.8 1.3 SINCE JUL 1 13.1 5.5 7.6 6.8 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 35 -5 19 MONTH TO DATE 157 140 17 109 SINCE DEC 1 1197 1105 92 904 SINCE JUL 1 1949 2009 -60 1714 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 28 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 600 PM LOWEST 63 1200 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 68 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -9 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2008.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST JANUARY 6 2008.......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$