000 CDUS43 KICT 230651 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1250 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 37 457 PM 87 1996 50 -13 64 MINIMUM 21 240 AM 6 1889 27 -6 38 AVERAGE 29 39 -10 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.89 2000 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.43 0.69 0.74 0.23 SINCE DEC 1 4.40 2.88 1.52 3.13 SINCE JAN 1 1.78 1.53 0.25 1.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1975 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.0 3.5 -0.5 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 18.6 11.5 7.1 11.0 SINCE JUL 1 21.1 13.2 7.9 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 27 9 14 MONTH TO DATE 682 665 17 764 SINCE DEC 1 2717 2717 0 2639 SINCE JUL 1 3469 3621 -152 3449 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 48 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 1100 PM LOWEST 59 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 82 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 0 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2008......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2008......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 618 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ES