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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
1226 AM CST THU JAN 27 2005

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         49    203 PM  69    1953  41      8       33       
  MINIMUM         31   1159 PM  -6    1904  21     10       11       
  AVERAGE         40                        31      9       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.89 1944   0.02  -0.02     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.57                      0.74   1.83     1.84    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.87                      2.09   0.78     2.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.57                      0.74   1.83     1.84    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.0  1948   0.2   -0.2      0.8     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                       3.6   -3.0      0.8     
  SINCE DEC 1      0.6                       7.0   -6.4      8.2     
  SINCE JUL 1      2.1                       8.7   -6.6      8.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        34     -9       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  878                       918    -40      779       
  SINCE DEC 1   1714                      1883   -169     1633       
  SINCE JUL 1   2399                      2787   -388     2489       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  91 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        69      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -6      1963                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 27 2005.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   548 PM CST   
JANUARY 28 2005.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   549 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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