000 CDUS43 KICT 210646 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1244 AM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 69 332 PM 87 1907 59 10 67 MINIMUM 37 1251 AM 13 1965 36 1 49 AVERAGE 53 47 6 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.44 1904 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 1.69 -1.63 2.70 SINCE MAR 1 0.06 1.69 -1.63 2.70 SINCE JAN 1 5.07 3.55 1.52 5.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.1 1961 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 2.0 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.1 2.0 -1.9 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.3 15.8 -8.5 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 18 -6 7 MONTH TO DATE 388 419 -31 345 SINCE MAR 1 388 419 -31 345 SINCE JUL 1 3621 4194 -573 3967 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 SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 200 AM LOWEST 32 100 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 92 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 10 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 643 PM CST MARCH 22 2005.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 644 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$