000 CDUS43 KICT 230629 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1229 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 50 511 PM 87 1996 50 0 67 MINIMUM 37 1019 AM 6 1889 27 10 43 AVERAGE 44 39 5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.89 2000 0.05 -0.05 T MONTH TO DATE 1.37 0.69 0.68 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 4.85 2.88 1.97 3.51 SINCE JAN 1 4.55 1.53 3.02 2.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1975 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.5 -3.5 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 11.5 -5.8 15.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 13.2 -6.0 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 27 -6 10 MONTH TO DATE 529 665 -136 746 SINCE DEC 1 2404 2717 -313 2611 SINCE JUL 1 3089 3621 -532 3467 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 21 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 56 600 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 82 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 0 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 618 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 619 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$