000 CDUS43 KICT 010632 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1230 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 59 450 PM 82 1972 52 7 72 MINIMUM 31 1243 AM 7 1960 29 2 41 AVERAGE 45 41 4 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.51 2004 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.57 1.02 0.55 0.47 SINCE DEC 1 4.54 3.21 1.33 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 1.92 1.86 0.06 1.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1980 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.0 4.1 -0.1 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 19.6 12.1 7.5 11.0 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 13.8 8.3 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 25 -5 8 MONTH TO DATE 867 844 23 855 SINCE DEC 1 2902 2896 6 2730 SINCE JUL 1 3654 3800 -146 3540 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 83 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 5 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2008.........SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST MARCH 2 2008.........SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ES