000 CDUS43 KICT 180623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 65 228 AM 92 2006 67 -2 63 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 25 1907 44 -2 47 AVERAGE 54 56 -2 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.73 1889 0.08 -0.05 0.21 MONTH TO DATE 1.37 1.38 -0.01 2.26 SINCE MAR 1 4.45 4.09 0.36 7.86 SINCE JAN 1 6.37 5.95 0.42 9.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1905 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.3 -0.3 1.8 SINCE MAR 1 T 2.5 -2.5 1.8 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 16.3 5.8 18.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 10 1 10 MONTH TO DATE 257 202 55 321 SINCE MAR 1 853 796 57 641 SINCE JUL 1 4507 4571 -64 4181 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 8 -8 11 SINCE JAN 1 0 8 -8 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 67 100 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2008.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT APRIL 19 2008.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$