029 CDUS43 KICT 050640 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1239 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 70 321 PM 82 1910 54 16 50 MINIMUM 28 305 AM 1 1960 31 -3 30 AVERAGE 49 43 6 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.26 2004 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.26 -0.25 T SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.26 -0.25 T SINCE JAN 1 3.61 2.27 1.34 1.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1915 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 12.6 -10.0 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 22 -6 25 MONTH TO DATE 72 91 -19 69 SINCE MAR 1 72 91 -19 69 SINCE JUL 1 3295 3731 -436 3699 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 600 AM LOWEST 24 200 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 85 2009 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 3 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2012.........SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 6 2012.........SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$