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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
138 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2006

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         73    505 PM  91    2001  76     -3       78       
                                      1996                          
  MINIMUM         48    517 AM  36    1890  54     -6       47       
  AVERAGE         61                        65     -4       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.44 1999   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.52                      1.98   1.54     0.87    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.79                      5.53   2.26     3.72    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.90                      7.39   0.51     8.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      1.5                       6.8   -5.3      0.1     
  SINCE JUL 1      9.2                      20.6  -11.4      7.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         3      1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   80                        67     13       80       
  SINCE MAR 1    713                      1748  -1035      906       
  SINCE JUL 1   3906                      5523  -1617     4139       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    4                        25    -21       46       
  SINCE MAR 1     98                        27     71       71       
  SINCE JAN 1     98                        27     71       71       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  80 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        93      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        37      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 17 2006...........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT   
MAY 18 2006...........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.                                          


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