000 CDUS43 KICT 270623 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1222 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 210 PM 78 1896 51 9 52 MINIMUM 36 125 AM 0 1934 29 7 20 AVERAGE 48 40 8 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.91 1903 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 0.90 0.93 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 5.31 3.09 2.22 3.51 SINCE JAN 1 5.01 1.74 3.27 2.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.2 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.9 -3.9 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 11.9 -6.2 15.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 13.6 -6.4 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 25 -8 29 MONTH TO DATE 619 769 -150 854 SINCE DEC 1 2494 2821 -327 2719 SINCE JUL 1 3179 3725 -546 3575 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 74 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 78 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 1 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 622 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$