000 CDUS43 KICT 060641 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CST SAT DEC 6 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 40 312 PM 73 2001 46 -6 50 MINIMUM 19 735 AM 3 1964 27 -8 25 AVERAGE 30 36 -6 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.76 1913 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.25 -0.25 0.20 SINCE DEC 1 T 0.25 -0.25 0.20 SINCE JAN 1 52.56 29.28 23.28 35.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1942 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 T 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.2 -2.2 2.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 28 7 27 MONTH TO DATE 156 138 18 110 SINCE DEC 1 156 138 18 110 SINCE JUL 1 1000 1042 -42 862 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 34 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 AM LOWEST 30 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 74 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -1 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2008......SUNRISE 731 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST DECEMBER 7 2008......SUNRISE 732 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. $$