000 CDUS43 KICT 240621 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 50 433 PM 84 1967 60 -10 74 MINIMUM 28 658 AM 14 1974 37 -9 60 AVERAGE 39 48 -9 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.13 1984 0.10 -0.10 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.72 1.99 0.73 2.80 SINCE MAR 1 2.72 1.99 0.73 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 3.85 0.79 4.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 1912 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.2 -2.2 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 2.2 -2.2 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 16.0 6.1 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 17 9 0 MONTH TO DATE 486 470 16 294 SINCE MAR 1 486 470 16 294 SINCE JUL 1 4140 4245 -105 3834 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 7 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 7 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 83 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 600 AM LOWEST 31 300 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1929 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 10 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2008.........SUNRISE 726 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT MARCH 25 2008.........SUNRISE 725 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$