935 CDUS43 KICT 210700 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 100 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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 56 247 PM 81 1981 50 6 76 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 3 1918 28 12 38 AVERAGE 48 39 9 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 0.81 1997 0.04 0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 3.40 0.80 2.60 0.58 SINCE DEC 1 7.12 2.83 4.29 1.04 SINCE JAN 1 3.43 1.63 1.80 0.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.2 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.2 2.6 -0.4 13.0 SINCE DEC 1 2.3 10.4 -8.1 17.3 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 11.8 -9.2 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 26 -9 8 MONTH TO DATE 542 580 -38 673 SINCE DEC 1 2244 2564 -320 2732 SINCE JUL 1 3058 3440 -382 3404 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 43 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 55 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 21.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAIL FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 67 1100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 79 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -3 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2012......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST FEBRUARY 22 2012......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$