981 CDUS43 KICT 040624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 88 503 PM 96 1950 73 15 72 MINIMUM 68 525 AM 30 1907 51 17 37 AVERAGE 78 62 16 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.05 1958 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.39 -0.39 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 9.27 5.67 3.60 2.47 SINCE JAN 1 12.87 7.68 5.19 4.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0 5 -5 10 MONTH TO DATE 0 15 -15 43 SINCE MAR 1 382 883 -501 783 SINCE JUL 1 3605 4523 -918 4413 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 2 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 31 4 27 0 SINCE MAR 1 132 30 102 40 SINCE JAN 1 132 30 102 40 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 94 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 28 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2012...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$