000 CDUS43 KICT 270632 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1232 AM CST WED FEB 27 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 42 436 PM 78 1896 51 -9 52 MINIMUM 25 1019 PM 0 1934 29 -4 32 AVERAGE 34 40 -6 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.91 1903 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.57 0.90 0.67 0.47 SINCE DEC 1 4.54 3.09 1.45 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 1.92 1.74 0.18 1.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.2 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.0 3.9 0.1 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 19.6 11.9 7.7 11.0 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 13.6 8.5 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 25 6 23 MONTH TO DATE 797 769 28 831 SINCE DEC 1 2832 2821 11 2706 SINCE JUL 1 3584 3725 -141 3516 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 N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 1000 PM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 78 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 1 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2008......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 621 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2008......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 622 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$