099 CDUS43 KICT 142206 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 506 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 2012... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 74 349 PM 93 1936 67 7 82 MINIMUM 62 100 AM 25 1928 44 18 44 AVERAGE 68 56 12 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.83 1918 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.11 1.06 1.05 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 6.14 3.75 2.39 0.99 SINCE JAN 1 9.74 5.76 3.98 2.72 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.8 2007 0.0 0.0 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 TODAY 0 10 -10 2 MONTH TO DATE 74 168 -94 69 SINCE MAR 1 324 745 -421 603 SINCE JUL 1 3547 4385 -838 4233 COOLING TODAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 7 18 25 SINCE MAR 1 65 9 56 37 SINCE JAN 1 65 9 56 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 79 300 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 95 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 25 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 14 2012.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT APRIL 15 2012.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$