000 CDUS43 KICT 210645 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 145 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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 77 412 PM 98 1956 77 0 80 MINIMUM 54 1118 PM 37 1968 55 -1 57 AVERAGE 66 66 0 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.46 1899 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.14 2.54 2.60 3.09 SINCE MAR 1 10.04 7.82 2.22 11.39 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 9.68 2.28 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 71 75 -4 11 SINCE MAR 1 1007 971 36 693 SINCE JUL 1 4661 4746 -85 4233 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 23 37 -14 72 SINCE MAR 1 38 58 -20 97 SINCE JAN 1 38 58 -20 97 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 88 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 1100 PM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 99 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 36 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2008...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT MAY 22 2008...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$