000 CDUS43 KICT 290624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 63 343 PM 90 1910 70 -7 79 1899 MINIMUM 36 604 AM 32 1965 48 -12 43 AVERAGE 50 59 -9 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1912 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.82 2.37 -0.55 2.70 SINCE MAR 1 4.90 5.08 -0.18 8.30 SINCE JAN 1 6.82 6.94 -0.12 9.98 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 15 7 8 4 MONTH TO DATE 334 290 44 362 SINCE MAR 1 930 884 46 682 SINCE JUL 1 4584 4659 -75 4222 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 17 -5 10 SINCE MAR 1 12 19 -7 20 SINCE JAN 1 12 19 -7 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 91 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 96 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2008.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT APRIL 30 2008.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$