728 CDUS43 KICT 070638 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1237 AM CST THU MAR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 47 419 PM 80 1925 55 -8 70 MINIMUM 21 228 AM 4 1943 32 -11 54 AVERAGE 34 43 -9 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 1990 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.42 -0.38 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.04 0.42 -0.38 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 3.06 2.43 0.63 3.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1941 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 24.5 12.9 11.6 2.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 22 9 3 MONTH TO DATE 180 135 45 89 SINCE MAR 1 180 135 45 89 SINCE JUL 1 3451 3775 -324 3312 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 100 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 78 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2013.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST MARCH 8 2013.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$