527 CDUS43 KICT 020623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1223 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 34 439 PM 83 2006 53 -19 70 MINIMUM 21 1159 PM 5 1890 31 -10 37 AVERAGE 28 42 -14 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.78 1953 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 3.02 2.07 0.95 3.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.8 1927 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 24.5 12.5 12.0 2.6 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 23 14 11 MONTH TO DATE 37 23 14 11 SINCE MAR 1 37 23 14 11 SINCE JUL 1 3308 3663 -355 3234 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 400 AM LOWEST 59 600 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 83 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 1 1922 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2013.........SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST MARCH 3 2013.........SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$