000 CDUS44 KOUN 180635 CLISPS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1235 AM CST FRI MAR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64 459 PM 93 1989 68 -4 88 MINIMUM 31 711 AM 23 1960 41 -10 42 AVERAGE 48 55 -7 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.92 1905 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 1.19 -1.02 1.57 SINCE JAN 1 3.93 3.89 0.04 6.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 1.3 5.5 -4.2 5.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 11 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 222 226 -4 169 SINCE MAR 1 222 226 -4 169 SINCE JUL 1 2277 2733 -456 2329 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 5 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 5 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 6 7 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 95 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 644 PM CST MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 645 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$