000 CDUS43 KICT 210644 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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 46 1218 AM 81 1981 49 -3 57 MINIMUM 19 1159 PM 3 1918 27 -8 31 AVERAGE 33 38 -5 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.81 1997 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.40 0.59 0.81 0.23 SINCE DEC 1 4.37 2.78 1.59 3.13 SINCE JAN 1 1.75 1.43 0.32 1.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.2 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.9 3.3 -0.4 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 18.5 11.3 7.2 11.0 SINCE JUL 1 21.0 13.0 8.0 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 28 4 21 MONTH TO DATE 603 611 -8 731 SINCE DEC 1 2638 2663 -25 2606 SINCE JUL 1 3390 3567 -177 3416 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 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 82 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. MIXED PRECIP LT FREEZING RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 79 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -3 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2008......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST FEBRUARY 22 2008......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$