000 CDUS43 KICT 010625 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 124 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 81 400 PM 91 1959 71 10 81 MINIMUM 54 555 AM 30 1907 48 6 54 1903 AVERAGE 68 60 8 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.26 1951 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.82 2.57 -0.75 2.70 SINCE MAR 1 4.90 5.28 -0.38 8.30 SINCE JAN 1 6.82 7.14 -0.32 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 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 340 302 38 362 SINCE MAR 1 936 896 40 682 SINCE JUL 1 4590 4671 -81 4222 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 3 MONTH TO DATE 15 19 -4 15 SINCE MAR 1 15 21 -6 25 SINCE JAN 1 15 21 -6 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 22.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 98 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 68 1100 PM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 27 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2008...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT MAY 2 2008...........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$