000 CDUS43 KICT 070639 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CST MON MAR 7 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 69 347 PM 80 1925 54 15 61 MINIMUM 39 120 AM 4 1943 31 8 29 AVERAGE 54 43 11 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 1990 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.44 -0.44 2.61 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.44 -0.44 2.61 SINCE JAN 1 5.01 2.30 2.71 5.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1941 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 14.4 -7.2 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 23 -12 20 MONTH TO DATE 113 141 -28 138 SINCE MAR 1 113 141 -28 138 SINCE JUL 1 3346 3916 -570 3760 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 1000 PM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 78 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2005.........SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST MARCH 8 2005.........SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ES