000 CDUS43 KICT 050625 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1225 AM CST WED MAR 5 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 46 511 PM 82 1910 53 -7 60 MINIMUM 19 632 AM 1 1960 31 -12 18 AVERAGE 33 42 -9 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.26 2004 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 0.28 0.42 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.70 0.28 0.42 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.14 0.48 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1915 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 14.2 7.9 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 23 9 26 MONTH TO DATE 91 95 -4 105 SINCE MAR 1 91 95 -4 105 SINCE JUL 1 3745 3870 -125 3645 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 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 81 400 AM LOWEST 34 500 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 84 1991 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 3 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2008.........SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 6 2008.........SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$