000 CDUS43 KICT 280625 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1225 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 49 322 PM 78 1976 52 -3 63 MINIMUM 30 1159 PM 1 1890 29 1 32 AVERAGE 40 40 0 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.93 1918 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 0.96 0.87 0.78 SINCE DEC 1 5.31 3.15 2.16 3.51 SINCE JAN 1 5.01 1.80 3.21 2.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1900 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 4.0 -4.0 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 12.0 -6.3 15.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 13.7 -6.5 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 25 0 17 MONTH TO DATE 644 794 -150 871 SINCE DEC 1 2519 2846 -327 2736 SINCE JUL 1 3204 3750 -546 3592 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 N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 28 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 500 AM LOWEST 64 1100 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 0 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$