044 CDUS43 KICT 120627 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 127 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 62 351 PM 87 1996 66 -4 71 MINIMUM 52 317 AM 24 1940 43 9 43 AVERAGE 57 55 2 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.07 1943 0.07 0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.58 0.82 0.76 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 5.61 3.51 2.10 0.99 SINCE JAN 1 9.21 5.52 3.69 2.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1900 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.4 2.3 -1.9 T SINCE JUL 1 3.0 14.7 -11.7 17.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 11 -3 8 MONTH TO DATE 67 137 -70 59 SINCE MAR 1 317 714 -397 593 SINCE JUL 1 3540 4354 -814 4223 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 4 13 23 SINCE MAR 1 57 6 51 35 SINCE JAN 1 57 6 51 35 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 400 AM LOWEST 42 1200 AM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 96 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2012.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT APRIL 13 2012.........SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$