000 CDUS43 KICT 170623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 122 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 76 503 PM 91 2001 76 0 74 1996 1931 MINIMUM 50 538 AM 36 1890 54 -4 48 AVERAGE 63 65 -2 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.69 1951 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.14 1.98 3.16 3.09 SINCE MAR 1 10.04 7.26 2.78 11.39 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 9.12 2.84 13.07 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 2 3 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 71 67 4 9 SINCE MAR 1 1007 963 44 691 SINCE JUL 1 4661 4738 -77 4231 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 25 -20 68 SINCE MAR 1 20 46 -26 93 SINCE JAN 1 20 46 -26 93 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 27 500 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 93 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 37 1973 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$