000 CDUS43 KICT 070620 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1219 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 46 402 PM 80 1925 54 -8 74 MINIMUM 25 739 AM 4 1943 31 -6 37 AVERAGE 36 43 -7 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 1990 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 0.44 0.26 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.70 0.44 0.26 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.30 0.32 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1941 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 14.4 7.7 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 23 6 9 MONTH TO DATE 150 141 9 133 SINCE MAR 1 150 141 9 133 SINCE JUL 1 3804 3916 -112 3673 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 79 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 100 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 78 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2008.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST MARCH 8 2008.........SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$