000 CDUS43 KICT 190642 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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 48 351 PM 74 1930 48 0 59 MINIMUM 26 229 AM -2 1889 26 0 23 AVERAGE 37 37 0 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.46 1915 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.40 0.51 0.89 0.23 SINCE DEC 1 4.37 2.70 1.67 3.13 SINCE JAN 1 1.75 1.35 0.40 1.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1938 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.9 3.1 -0.2 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 18.5 11.1 7.4 11.0 SINCE JUL 1 21.0 12.8 8.2 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 28 0 24 MONTH TO DATE 545 555 -10 698 SINCE DEC 1 2580 2607 -27 2573 SINCE JUL 1 3332 3511 -179 3383 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 70 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 500 AM LOWEST 31 100 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 74 1996 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 2 1975 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 19 2008......SUNRISE 715 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST FEBRUARY 20 2008......SUNRISE 714 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$