000 CDUS43 KICT 150648 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1247 AM CST TUE MAR 15 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 53 435 PM 83 1955 57 -4 58 MINIMUM 29 707 AM 7 1926 34 -5 38 AVERAGE 41 45 -4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1944 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.13 -1.10 2.66 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 1.13 -1.10 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 5.04 2.99 2.05 5.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1892 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 1.4 -1.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.1 1.4 -1.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.3 15.2 -7.9 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 20 4 17 MONTH TO DATE 265 308 -43 271 SINCE MAR 1 265 308 -43 271 SINCE JUL 1 3498 4083 -585 3893 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 N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 81 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 10 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2005.........SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 637 PM CST MARCH 16 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 638 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$