930 CDUS43 KICT 080625 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 125 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 69 621 PM 93 1895 74 -5 87 MINIMUM 53 1159 PM 37 1908 52 1 59 1890 AVERAGE 61 63 -2 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.51 1.80 1939 0.14 0.37 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 0.93 -0.42 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 9.78 6.21 3.57 2.47 SINCE JAN 1 13.38 8.22 5.16 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 4 4 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 31 -27 50 SINCE MAR 1 386 899 -513 790 SINCE JUL 1 3609 4539 -930 4420 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 69 12 57 8 SINCE MAR 1 170 38 132 48 SINCE JAN 1 170 38 132 48 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 300 AM LOWEST 39 600 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 97 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 33 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2012...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 9 2012...........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$