494 CDUS43 KICT 220639 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1238 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 56 401 PM 79 1935 50 6 42 MINIMUM 28 802 AM -3 1939 28 0 22 AVERAGE 42 39 3 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.98 1971 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.40 0.85 2.55 0.58 SINCE DEC 1 7.12 2.88 4.24 1.04 SINCE JAN 1 3.43 1.68 1.75 0.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 11.6 1971 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.2 2.7 -0.5 13.0 SINCE DEC 1 2.3 10.5 -8.2 17.3 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 11.9 -9.3 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 26 -3 33 MONTH TO DATE 565 606 -41 706 SINCE DEC 1 2267 2590 -323 2765 SINCE JUL 1 3081 3466 -385 3437 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 700 AM LOWEST 30 200 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 87 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 6 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2012......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$