000 CDUS43 KICT 260642 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 142 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 25 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 70 320 PM 89 1956 60 10 74 1910 1907 MINIMUM 46 701 AM 8 1955 37 9 57 AVERAGE 58 49 9 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.03 1920 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.72 2.17 0.55 2.80 SINCE MAR 1 2.72 2.17 0.55 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 4.03 0.61 4.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1957 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 7 16 -9 0 MONTH TO DATE 511 503 8 294 SINCE MAR 1 511 503 8 294 SINCE JUL 1 4165 4278 -113 3834 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 9 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 9 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 66 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 500 AM LOWEST 32 1000 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 6 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 26 2008.........SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT MARCH 27 2008.........SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$