000 CDUS43 KICT 170642 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1241 AM CST MON JAN 17 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 25 438 PM 72 1894 40 -15 50 MINIMUM 7 753 AM -5 1930 20 -13 45 AVERAGE 16 30 -14 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.62 1990 0.03 -0.03 0.22 MONTH TO DATE 2.57 0.48 2.09 0.22 SINCE DEC 1 2.87 1.83 1.04 1.11 SINCE JAN 1 2.57 0.48 2.09 0.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 1987 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.6 1.6 -1.0 T SINCE DEC 1 0.6 5.0 -4.4 7.4 SINCE JUL 1 2.1 6.7 -4.6 7.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 49 36 13 17 MONTH TO DATE 602 568 34 459 SINCE DEC 1 1438 1533 -95 1313 SINCE JUL 1 2123 2437 -314 2169 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 200 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -12 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 17 2005.......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST JANUARY 18 2005.......SUNRISE 742 AM CST SUNSET 538 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$