000 CDUS43 KICT 090621 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 44 439 PM 80 1977 55 -11 66 MINIMUM 11 553 AM 0 1967 32 -21 28 AVERAGE 28 43 -15 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.23 1973 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 0.60 0.10 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.70 0.60 0.10 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.46 0.16 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.4 1958 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 14.6 7.5 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 22 15 18 MONTH TO DATE 228 185 43 174 SINCE MAR 1 228 185 43 174 SINCE JUL 1 3882 3960 -78 3714 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 81 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 3 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2008.........SUNRISE 749 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT MARCH 10 2008.........SUNRISE 747 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$