000 CDUS43 KICT 140633 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 AM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13 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 68 338 PM 84 1916 56 12 76 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 11 1950 33 10 46 AVERAGE 56 45 11 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.96 1922 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 1.04 -0.34 0.07 SINCE MAR 1 0.70 1.04 -0.34 0.07 SINCE JAN 1 2.62 2.90 -0.28 1.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1937 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.3 -1.3 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.3 -1.3 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 15.1 7.0 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 20 -11 4 MONTH TO DATE 305 288 17 216 SINCE MAR 1 305 288 17 216 SINCE JUL 1 3959 4063 -104 3756 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 700 AM LOWEST 19 300 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 83 1955 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 7 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 14 2008.........SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT MARCH 15 2008.........SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$