000 CDUS43 KICT 240634 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 47 335 PM 89 1991 67 -20 69 1939 MINIMUM 41 649 AM 25 1938 44 -3 34 1917 AVERAGE 44 56 -12 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.00 2002 0.07 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.03 1.89 2.14 4.21 SINCE SEP 1 16.99 4.85 12.14 4.93 SINCE JAN 1 51.19 26.65 24.54 35.21 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 21 10 11 13 MONTH TO DATE 130 141 -11 81 SINCE SEP 1 160 190 -30 86 SINCE JUL 1 160 190 -30 86 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 35 -3 76 SINCE SEP 1 158 256 -98 355 SINCE JAN 1 1525 1657 -132 1796 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 700 AM LOWEST 65 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 89 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 29 1995 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2008.......SUNRISE 747 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2008.......SUNRISE 748 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ JMB