625 CDUS43 KICT 160640 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 139 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 86 452 PM 92 1966 76 10 66 1963 MINIMUM 54 605 AM 33 1907 55 -1 41 AVERAGE 70 66 4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.81 1900 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.54 2.06 -1.52 0.21 SINCE MAR 1 9.81 7.34 2.47 2.64 SINCE JAN 1 13.41 9.35 4.06 4.37 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 3 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 11 56 -45 82 SINCE MAR 1 393 924 -531 822 SINCE JUL 1 3616 4564 -948 4452 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 3 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 80 33 47 67 SINCE MAR 1 181 59 122 107 SINCE JAN 1 181 59 122 107 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 23 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 91 2001 1996 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 36 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2012...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$