000 CDUS43 KICT 050619 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 119 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 83 219 PM 95 1954 76 7 89 1898 MINIMUM 59 716 AM 35 1999 52 7 66 AVERAGE 71 64 7 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.37 1954 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.36 -0.36 0.13 SINCE SEP 1 12.96 3.32 9.64 0.85 SINCE JAN 1 47.16 25.12 22.04 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 15 -8 0 SINCE SEP 1 37 64 -27 5 SINCE JUL 1 37 64 -27 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 3 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 6 12 -6 22 SINCE SEP 1 132 233 -101 301 SINCE JAN 1 1499 1634 -135 1742 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 27 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 91 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 95 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 36 1991 1932 1902 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 705 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$