000 CDUS43 KICT 190638 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 138 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 85 419 PM 99 1956 76 9 76 MINIMUM 54 544 AM 38 1976 55 -1 51 AVERAGE 70 66 4 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.74 1915 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.14 2.26 2.88 3.09 SINCE MAR 1 10.04 7.54 2.50 11.39 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 9.40 2.56 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 0 2 -2 1 MONTH TO DATE 71 71 0 10 SINCE MAR 1 1007 967 40 692 SINCE JUL 1 4661 4742 -81 4232 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 3 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 31 -18 68 SINCE MAR 1 28 52 -24 93 SINCE JAN 1 28 52 -24 93 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 68 900 PM LOWEST 23 200 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 97 2006 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT MAY 20 2008...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 837 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$