000 CDUS43 KICT 270634 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 AM CDT MON OCT 27 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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 60 313 PM 90 1950 65 -5 61 MINIMUM 34 1157 PM 25 1957 43 -9 35 AVERAGE 47 54 -7 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 1971 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.03 2.10 1.93 4.21 SINCE SEP 1 16.99 5.06 11.93 4.93 SINCE JAN 1 51.19 26.86 24.33 35.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1913 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 18 11 7 17 MONTH TO DATE 179 173 6 123 SINCE SEP 1 209 222 -13 128 SINCE JUL 1 209 222 -13 128 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 500 AM LOWEST 24 500 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 86 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 23 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 27 2008.......SUNRISE 750 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT OCTOBER 28 2008.......SUNRISE 751 AM CDT SUNSET 635 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$