000 CDUS43 KICT 170627 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 126 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 49 441 PM 83 1908 57 -8 56 MINIMUM 33 640 AM 9 1895 34 -1 28 AVERAGE 41 46 -5 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1987 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.86 1.31 -0.45 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 0.86 1.31 -0.45 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 2.78 3.17 -0.39 1.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 11.8 1970 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.6 -1.6 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 15.4 6.7 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 19 5 23 MONTH TO DATE 366 346 20 263 SINCE MAR 1 366 346 20 263 SINCE JUL 1 4020 4121 -101 3803 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 7 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 1200 AM LOWEST 46 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 86 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 9 1892 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2008.........SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MARCH 18 2008.........SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$