000 CDUS43 KICT 040620 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 120 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 78 346 PM 96 2006 76 2 82 MINIMUM 51 420 AM 37 1987 52 -1 48 1975 AVERAGE 65 64 1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.73 2002 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.27 -0.27 0.13 SINCE SEP 1 12.96 3.23 9.73 0.85 SINCE JAN 1 47.16 25.03 22.13 31.13 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 SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 11 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 37 60 -23 5 SINCE JUL 1 37 60 -23 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 9 SINCE SEP 1 126 230 -104 288 SINCE JAN 1 1493 1631 -138 1729 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 74 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 1200 AM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 95 1954 1898 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2008.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$