324 CDUS43 KICT 070641 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 70 346 PM 80 1925 55 15 54 MINIMUM 54 741 AM 4 1943 32 22 24 AVERAGE 62 43 19 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 1990 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.42 -0.41 T SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.42 -0.41 T SINCE JAN 1 3.61 2.43 1.18 1.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1941 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 12.8 -10.2 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 22 -19 26 MONTH TO DATE 89 135 -46 126 SINCE MAR 1 89 135 -46 126 SINCE JUL 1 3312 3775 -463 3756 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 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 26.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 1000 PM LOWEST 40 1200 AM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 78 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$