000 CDUS43 KICT 310643 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 142 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 30 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 85 440 PM 110 1986 94 -9 87 MINIMUM 71 728 AM 54 1971 70 1 73 AVERAGE 78 82 -4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.88 1950 0.10 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.82 3.22 0.60 4.05 SINCE JUN 1 11.24 7.47 3.77 12.58 SINCE JAN 1 31.20 18.77 12.43 26.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 17 -4 15 MONTH TO DATE 463 486 -23 443 SINCE JUN 1 822 816 6 714 SINCE JAN 1 950 930 20 861 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 26 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 61 600 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 109 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 53 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 31 2008..........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT AUGUST 1 2008........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$