000 CDUS43 KICT 260621 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 120 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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 70 358 PM 87 1891 66 4 63 MINIMUM 34 710 AM 24 1975 43 -9 36 AVERAGE 52 55 -3 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.63 2000 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.03 2.03 2.00 4.21 SINCE SEP 1 16.99 4.99 12.00 4.93 SINCE JAN 1 51.19 26.79 24.40 35.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1898 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 11 2 15 MONTH TO DATE 161 162 -1 106 SINCE SEP 1 191 211 -20 111 SINCE JUL 1 191 211 -20 111 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 35 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 90 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 26 2008.......SUNRISE 749 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT OCTOBER 27 2008.......SUNRISE 750 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ JMB