000 CDUS43 KICT 010629 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1228 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 48 234 PM 77 1932 52 -4 57 MINIMUM 24 510 AM 0 1890 29 -5 40 AVERAGE 36 41 -5 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.10 1987 0.06 -0.06 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 1.02 0.81 0.79 SINCE DEC 1 5.31 3.21 2.10 3.52 SINCE JAN 1 5.01 1.86 3.15 2.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.6 1911 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 4.1 -4.1 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 12.1 -6.4 15.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 13.8 -6.6 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 25 4 16 MONTH TO DATE 673 819 -146 887 SINCE DEC 1 2548 2871 -323 2752 SINCE JUL 1 3233 3775 -542 3608 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 76 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 34 400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 81 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 5 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 624 PM CST MARCH 2 2005.........SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$