930 CDUS43 KICT 170700 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 100 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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 55 321 PM 72 1894 42 13 32 MINIMUM 30 1159 PM -5 1930 22 8 18 AVERAGE 43 32 11 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.62 1990 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.38 -0.38 0.32 SINCE DEC 1 3.69 1.58 2.11 0.44 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.38 -0.38 0.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 1987 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.7 -1.7 4.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.1 5.9 -5.8 4.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.4 7.3 -6.9 4.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 33 -11 40 MONTH TO DATE 418 528 -110 627 SINCE DEC 1 1288 1495 -207 1575 SINCE JUL 1 2102 2371 -269 2247 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 1200 AM LOWEST 38 100 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 66 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -12 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST JANUARY 18 2012.......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 538 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$