000 CDUS43 KICT 250626 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1225 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 51 448 PM 79 1956 50 1 42 MINIMUM 26 635 AM -4 1913 28 -2 30 AVERAGE 39 39 0 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 2001 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 0.79 1.04 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 5.31 2.98 2.33 3.51 SINCE JAN 1 5.01 1.63 3.38 2.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1934 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.7 -3.7 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 11.7 -6.0 15.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 13.4 -6.2 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 26 0 29 MONTH TO DATE 582 718 -136 796 SINCE DEC 1 2457 2770 -313 2661 SINCE JUL 1 3142 3674 -532 3517 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 32 400 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 78 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 3 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 621 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$