544 CDUS43 KICT 130621 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1221 AM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12 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 53 319 PM 73 1889 44 9 45 MINIMUM 21 228 AM -4 1932 24 -3 40 AVERAGE 37 34 3 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.59 1946 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.52 -0.52 0.75 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.52 -0.52 0.75 SINCE JAN 1 24.67 31.96 -7.29 23.12 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.7 2003 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.1 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 T 3.0 -3.0 0.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 31 -3 22 MONTH TO DATE 263 350 -87 384 SINCE DEC 1 263 350 -87 384 SINCE JUL 1 982 1226 -244 1198 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 2312 1686 626 2310 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 68 200 AM LOWEST 20 300 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 75 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -2 1961 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 13 2012......SUNRISE 736 AM CST SUNSET 512 PM CST DECEMBER 14 2012......SUNRISE 737 AM CST SUNSET 512 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$