000 CDUS43 KICT 270624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 124 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 65 250 PM 83 1918 61 4 68 MINIMUM 49 648 AM 6 1955 37 12 58 AVERAGE 57 49 8 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.59 1961 0.09 -0.09 0.14 MONTH TO DATE 2.72 2.26 0.46 2.94 SINCE MAR 1 2.72 2.26 0.46 2.94 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 4.12 0.52 4.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1916 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 8 16 -8 2 MONTH TO DATE 519 519 0 296 SINCE MAR 1 519 519 0 296 SINCE JUL 1 4173 4294 -121 3836 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 10 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1100 PM LOWEST 35 1200 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 90 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 14 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2008.........SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT MARCH 28 2008.........SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$