000 CDUS43 KICT 070628 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1227 AM CST SUN DEC 7 2008 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 54 236 PM 74 1939 46 8 35 MINIMUM 26 628 AM -1 1950 26 0 26 AVERAGE 40 36 4 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.65 1974 0.05 -0.05 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.30 -0.30 0.20 SINCE DEC 1 T 0.30 -0.30 0.20 SINCE JAN 1 52.56 29.33 23.23 35.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.8 1909 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 T SINCE DEC 1 T 0.6 -0.6 T SINCE JUL 1 T 2.3 -2.3 2.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 28 -3 34 MONTH TO DATE 181 166 15 144 SINCE DEC 1 181 166 15 144 SINCE JUL 1 1025 1070 -45 896 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 50 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 800 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 75 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 0 1917 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2008......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST DECEMBER 8 2008......SUNRISE 733 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. $$