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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
150 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008


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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77    411 PM  88    1950  63     14       73       
  MINIMUM         42    350 AM  14    1917  41      1       49       
  AVERAGE         60                        52      8       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.05 1979   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.03                      2.38   1.65     4.21    
  SINCE SEP 1     16.99                      5.34  11.65     4.93    
  SINCE JAN 1     51.19                     27.14  24.05    35.21    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.3  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        5                        13     -8        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  246                       222     24      165       
  SINCE SEP 1    276                       271      5      170       
  SINCE JUL 1    276                       271      5      170       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.9                                         

                                                                     
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    82           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       

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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        85      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        18      1993                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE   754 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   
NOVEMBER  1 2008......SUNRISE   755 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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