000 CDUS43 KICT 080655 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 155 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 56 513 PM 91 1890 64 -8 40 MINIMUM 39 645 AM 23 2007 41 -2 23 AVERAGE 48 53 -5 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.15 1913 0.08 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.58 -0.53 0.05 SINCE MAR 1 3.13 3.29 -0.16 5.65 SINCE JAN 1 5.05 5.15 -0.10 7.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.3 1916 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 2.5 -2.5 0.5 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 16.3 5.8 17.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 12 5 33 MONTH TO DATE 104 93 11 132 SINCE MAR 1 700 687 13 452 SINCE JUL 1 4354 4462 -108 3992 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 28 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 700 AM LOWEST 35 1200 AM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 22 2007 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2008.........SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT APRIL 9 2008.........SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$