000 CDUS43 KICT 030633 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1232 AM CST WED DEC 3 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2 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 55 359 PM 68 1970 47 8 64 1956 MINIMUM 25 152 AM 4 1985 28 -3 26 AVERAGE 40 37 3 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.11 1913 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.10 -0.10 0.20 SINCE DEC 1 T 0.10 -0.10 0.20 SINCE JAN 1 52.56 29.13 23.43 35.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.9 1967 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 1.9 -1.9 2.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 27 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 56 54 2 34 SINCE DEC 1 56 54 2 34 SINCE JUL 1 900 958 -58 786 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1530 1658 -128 1801 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 80 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 1200 AM LOWEST 35 100 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 67 2001 1998 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 4 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 3 2008......SUNRISE 728 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST DECEMBER 4 2008......SUNRISE 729 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ COX