000 CDUS43 KICT 230640 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 139 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 76 537 PM 91 2006 69 7 77 1955 MINIMUM 50 630 AM 32 1959 46 4 55 AVERAGE 63 57 6 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.03 1944 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 1.38 1.80 -0.42 2.26 SINCE MAR 1 4.46 4.51 -0.05 7.86 SINCE JAN 1 6.38 6.37 0.01 9.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 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 2 8 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 282 246 36 332 SINCE MAR 1 878 840 38 652 SINCE JUL 1 4532 4615 -83 4192 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 6 11 -5 8 SINCE MAR 1 6 13 -7 18 SINCE JAN 1 6 13 -7 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 200 AM LOWEST 38 600 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 94 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 34 1996 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2008.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT APRIL 24 2008.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$