002 CDUS43 KICT 160641 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64 219 PM 68 1990 42 22 34 MINIMUM 31 100 AM -11 1905 22 9 19 AVERAGE 48 32 16 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.70 1889 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.35 -0.35 0.32 SINCE DEC 1 3.69 1.55 2.14 0.44 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.35 -0.35 0.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1978 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.6 -1.6 4.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.1 5.8 -5.7 4.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.4 7.2 -6.8 4.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 33 -16 38 MONTH TO DATE 396 495 -99 587 SINCE DEC 1 1266 1462 -196 1535 SINCE JUL 1 2080 2338 -258 2207 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 1100 PM LOWEST 25 200 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 72 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -5 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2012.......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 536 PM CST JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$