000 CDUS43 KICT 240654 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 153 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 83 153 PM 100 1996 78 5 82 MINIMUM 70 654 AM 40 1917 56 14 69 1893 AVERAGE 77 67 10 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.88 1954 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.14 2.96 2.18 3.09 SINCE MAR 1 10.04 8.24 1.80 11.39 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 10.10 1.86 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 81 -10 11 SINCE MAR 1 1007 977 30 693 SINCE JUL 1 4661 4752 -91 4233 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 4 8 11 MONTH TO DATE 48 49 -1 95 SINCE MAR 1 63 70 -7 120 SINCE JAN 1 63 70 -7 120 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 52 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 31 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 200 AM LOWEST 65 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 97 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2008...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT MAY 25 2008...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ PJH