000 CDUS43 KICT 030630 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1229 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 65 1124 AM 83 1901 52 13 50 MINIMUM 36 1135 PM 1 1922 30 6 31 AVERAGE 51 41 10 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.70 1.19 1979 0.07 0.63 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 0.14 0.56 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.70 0.14 0.56 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.00 0.62 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 14.0 8.1 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 24 -10 24 MONTH TO DATE 27 48 -21 46 SINCE MAR 1 27 48 -21 46 SINCE JUL 1 3681 3823 -142 3586 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 23.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 14 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 PM LOWEST 62 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 80 1994 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 -2 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2008.........SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST MARCH 4 2008.........SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$