000 CDUS43 KICT 250707 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 207 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 77 636 PM 97 1967 79 -2 74 MINIMUM 61 106 AM 41 1924 57 4 54 AVERAGE 69 68 1 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.24 3.19 1891 0.15 1.09 0.22 MONTH TO DATE 6.38 3.11 3.27 3.31 SINCE MAR 1 11.28 8.39 2.89 11.61 SINCE JAN 1 13.20 10.25 2.95 13.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2004 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 71 82 -11 12 SINCE MAR 1 1007 978 29 694 SINCE JUL 1 4661 4753 -92 4234 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 4 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 52 53 -1 95 SINCE MAR 1 67 74 -7 120 SINCE JAN 1 67 74 -7 120 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 38 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 20 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 73 100 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 100 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 42 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2008...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT MAY 26 2008...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$