000 CDUS43 KICT 120626 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1226 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 68 401 PM 89 1989 56 12 57 MINIMUM 34 503 AM -3 1948 33 1 31 AVERAGE 51 44 7 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.05 1899 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.86 -0.83 2.61 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 0.86 -0.83 2.61 SINCE JAN 1 5.04 2.72 2.32 5.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1899 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 1.1 -1.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.1 1.1 -1.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.3 14.9 -7.6 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 21 -7 21 MONTH TO DATE 216 248 -32 217 SINCE MAR 1 216 248 -32 217 SINCE JUL 1 3449 4023 -574 3839 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 86 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 500 AM LOWEST 19 100 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 85 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 6 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2005.........SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 634 PM CST MARCH 13 2005.........SUNRISE 643 AM CST SUNSET 635 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$