000 CDUS43 KICT 100629 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 128 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 74 417 PM 95 1895 74 0 79 MINIMUM 55 631 AM 36 1980 51 4 62 AVERAGE 65 62 3 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.96 2006 0.13 -0.13 0.18 MONTH TO DATE 5.11 1.05 4.06 1.73 SINCE MAR 1 10.01 6.33 3.68 10.03 SINCE JAN 1 11.93 8.19 3.74 11.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE T 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 40 44 -4 4 SINCE MAR 1 976 940 36 686 SINCE JUL 1 4630 4715 -85 4226 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 6 MONTH TO DATE 5 10 -5 30 SINCE MAR 1 20 31 -11 55 SINCE JAN 1 20 31 -11 55 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 63 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 49 500 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 100 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 37 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2008...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT MAY 11 2008...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ COX