000 CDUS43 KICT 220636 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1236 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 47 155 PM 79 1935 49 -2 56 MINIMUM 37 948 AM -3 1939 27 10 24 AVERAGE 42 38 4 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.98 1971 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.37 0.64 0.73 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 4.85 2.83 2.02 3.51 SINCE JAN 1 4.55 1.48 3.07 2.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 11.6 1971 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.4 -3.4 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 11.4 -5.7 15.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 13.1 -5.9 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 27 -4 25 MONTH TO DATE 508 638 -130 736 SINCE DEC 1 2383 2690 -307 2601 SINCE JUL 1 3068 3594 -526 3457 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 15 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 76 1200 AM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 87 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 6 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 618 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$