642 CDUS43 KICT 122215 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 515 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 70 353 PM 92 1956 75 -5 82 MINIMUM 54 607 AM 38 1960 54 0 56 AVERAGE 62 65 -3 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.03 1.82 1935 0.15 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.54 1.63 -1.09 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 9.81 6.91 2.90 2.52 SINCE JAN 1 13.41 8.92 4.49 4.25 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 2010 0.0 0.0 0.0 2004 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 TODAY 3 3 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 47 -37 50 SINCE MAR 1 392 915 -523 790 SINCE JUL 1 3615 4555 -940 4420 COOLING TODAY 0 3 -3 4 MONTH TO DATE 74 24 50 67 SINCE MAR 1 175 50 125 107 SINCE JAN 1 175 50 125 107 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 200 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 90 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 32 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2012...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT MAY 13 2012...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$