000 CDUS43 KICT 210633 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1232 AM CST FRI NOV 21 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 20 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 43 318 PM 83 1897 52 -9 74 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM 13 1937 32 -5 43 AVERAGE 35 42 -7 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1979 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 1.27 0.07 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 18.33 6.68 11.65 4.93 SINCE JAN 1 52.53 28.48 24.05 35.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.2 1906 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 23 7 6 MONTH TO DATE 315 371 -56 261 SINCE SEP 1 596 655 -59 447 SINCE JUL 1 596 655 -59 447 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 5 SINCE SEP 1 163 256 -93 360 SINCE JAN 1 1530 1657 -127 1801 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 41 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 300 AM LOWEST 34 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 72 1966 1955 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 10 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 21 2008......SUNRISE 716 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST NOVEMBER 22 2008......SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$