000 CDUS43 KICT 130630 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 129 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 76 415 PM 92 1956 74 2 85 MINIMUM 44 230 AM 38 1960 53 -9 58 AVERAGE 60 63 -3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 1935 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.11 1.44 3.67 1.78 SINCE MAR 1 10.01 6.72 3.29 10.08 SINCE JAN 1 11.93 8.58 3.35 11.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2004 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 5 3 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 61 55 6 4 SINCE MAR 1 997 951 46 686 SINCE JUL 1 4651 4726 -75 4226 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 5 16 -11 50 SINCE MAR 1 20 37 -17 75 SINCE JAN 1 20 37 -17 75 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.2 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 76 200 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 90 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 32 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2008...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT MAY 14 2008...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$