000 CDUS43 KICT 060659 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 156 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 83 227 PM 95 1947 75 8 91 MINIMUM 65 703 AM 36 1991 52 13 72 1932 1902 AVERAGE 74 63 11 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.97 2001 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.45 -0.45 0.13 SINCE SEP 1 12.96 3.41 9.55 0.85 SINCE JAN 1 47.16 25.21 21.95 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 19 -12 0 SINCE SEP 1 37 68 -31 5 SINCE JUL 1 37 68 -31 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 3 6 17 MONTH TO DATE 15 15 0 39 SINCE SEP 1 141 236 -95 318 SINCE JAN 1 1508 1637 -129 1759 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 74 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 23 300 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 95 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 33 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 705 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$