000 CDUS43 KICT 230631 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1229 AM CST WED MAR 23 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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 48 1240 AM 92 1907 59 -11 60 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM 12 2002 36 1 33 AVERAGE 43 48 -5 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.66 1.41 1979 0.10 0.56 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.78 1.89 -0.11 2.70 SINCE MAR 1 1.78 1.89 -0.11 2.70 SINCE JAN 1 6.79 3.75 3.04 5.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1912 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 2.2 -2.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.1 2.2 -2.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.3 16.0 -8.7 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 17 5 18 MONTH TO DATE 422 453 -31 385 SINCE MAR 1 422 453 -31 385 SINCE JUL 1 3655 4228 -573 4007 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 85 1100 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 14 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2005.........SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 645 PM CST MARCH 24 2005.........SUNRISE 627 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. $$