000 CDUS43 KICT 290631 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 130 AM CDT WED OCT 29 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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 57 359 PM 83 1938 64 -7 64 MINIMUM 26 605 AM 19 1925 42 -16 38 AVERAGE 42 53 -11 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.22 1900 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.03 2.24 1.79 4.21 SINCE SEP 1 16.99 5.20 11.79 4.93 SINCE JAN 1 51.19 27.00 24.19 35.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1905 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 23 12 11 14 MONTH TO DATE 227 197 30 153 SINCE SEP 1 257 246 11 158 SINCE JUL 1 257 246 11 158 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 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 92 600 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 86 1950 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1917 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 29 2008.......SUNRISE 752 AM CDT SUNSET 634 PM CDT OCTOBER 30 2008.......SUNRISE 753 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$