000 CDUS43 KICT 030628 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1228 AM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 59 353 PM 83 1901 52 7 48 MINIMUM 25 536 AM 1 1922 30 -5 28 AVERAGE 42 41 1 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.55 1940 0.07 -0.07 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.06 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 5.01 2.00 3.01 3.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 14.0 -6.8 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 24 -1 27 MONTH TO DATE 57 48 9 48 SINCE MAR 1 57 48 9 48 SINCE JUL 1 3290 3823 -533 3670 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 AM LOWEST 41 100 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 80 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 -2 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2005.........SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST MARCH 4 2005.........SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$