973 CDUS43 KICT 010635 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 135 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 76 420 PM 91 1959 72 4 72 MINIMUM 61 1155 PM 30 1907 50 11 52 1903 AVERAGE 69 61 8 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.96 2.26 1951 0.11 0.85 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.24 2.59 2.65 1.46 SINCE MAR 1 9.27 5.28 3.99 2.43 SINCE JAN 1 12.87 7.29 5.58 4.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T 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 0 5 -5 3 MONTH TO DATE 132 290 -158 206 SINCE MAR 1 382 868 -486 740 SINCE JUL 1 3605 4508 -903 4370 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 61 24 37 28 SINCE MAR 1 101 26 75 40 SINCE JAN 1 101 26 75 40 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 27 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2012...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT MAY 2 2012...........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$