251 CDUS43 KICT 080634 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1233 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 73 408 PM 78 1974 55 18 51 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM -3 1943 32 12 43 AVERAGE 59 44 15 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.38 1998 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.50 -0.49 T SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.50 -0.49 T SINCE JAN 1 3.61 2.51 1.10 1.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1969 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.6 12.9 -10.3 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 21 -15 18 MONTH TO DATE 95 156 -61 144 SINCE MAR 1 95 156 -61 144 SINCE JUL 1 3318 3796 -478 3774 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 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 23.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 700 AM LOWEST 56 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 80 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 0 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 632 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$