000 CDUS43 KICT 150621 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 68 235 PM 93 1895 75 -7 85 MINIMUM 49 409 AM 37 1953 53 -4 62 1907 AVERAGE 59 64 -5 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.61 1934 0.13 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.14 1.70 3.44 1.78 SINCE MAR 1 10.04 6.98 3.06 10.08 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 8.84 3.12 11.76 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 6 3 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 68 61 7 4 SINCE MAR 1 1004 957 47 686 SINCE JUL 1 4658 4732 -74 4226 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 9 MONTH TO DATE 5 20 -15 68 SINCE MAR 1 20 41 -21 93 SINCE JAN 1 20 41 -21 93 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 61 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 500 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 92 1966 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 33 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2008...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$