000 CDUS43 KICT 050624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 124 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 60 453 PM 91 1909 63 -3 52 MINIMUM 40 654 AM 19 1972 40 0 33 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.41 1997 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.34 -0.31 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 3.11 3.05 0.06 5.60 SINCE JAN 1 5.03 4.91 0.12 7.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1920 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 2.5 -2.5 T SINCE JUL 1 22.1 16.3 5.8 16.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 13 2 22 MONTH TO DATE 66 55 11 37 SINCE MAR 1 662 649 13 357 SINCE JUL 1 4316 4424 -108 3897 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 11 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 81 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 AM LOWEST 36 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2008.........SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 6 2008.........SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$