000 CDUS43 KICT 090650 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 149 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 75 407 PM 95 1979 74 1 77 MINIMUM 42 251 AM 26 2000 50 -8 52 AVERAGE 59 62 -3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.78 2003 0.08 -0.08 0.55 MONTH TO DATE 1.19 0.71 0.48 0.68 SINCE SEP 1 14.15 3.67 10.48 1.40 SINCE JAN 1 48.35 25.47 22.88 31.68 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 6 5 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 33 -13 0 SINCE SEP 1 50 82 -32 5 SINCE JUL 1 50 82 -32 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 15 21 -6 64 SINCE SEP 1 141 242 -101 343 SINCE JAN 1 1508 1643 -135 1784 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 37 1100 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 92 1963 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 26 2000 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2008.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$