796 CDUS43 KICT 250658 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1256 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 52 442 PM 79 1956 51 1 45 1930 MINIMUM 29 1118 PM -4 1913 29 0 26 AVERAGE 41 40 1 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 2001 0.05 -0.05 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 3.40 0.99 2.41 0.66 SINCE DEC 1 7.12 3.02 4.10 1.12 SINCE JAN 1 3.43 1.82 1.61 1.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1934 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 2.2 2.9 -0.7 13.0 SINCE DEC 1 2.3 10.7 -8.4 17.3 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 12.1 -9.5 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 25 -1 29 MONTH TO DATE 621 682 -61 774 SINCE DEC 1 2323 2666 -343 2833 SINCE JUL 1 3137 3542 -405 3505 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 500 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 78 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 3 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2012......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 619 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2012......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$