000 CDUS43 KICT 200624 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 123 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 77 141 PM 91 1987 68 9 76 MINIMUM 61 417 AM 32 1907 45 16 58 AVERAGE 69 56 13 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.82 2003 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.28 1.54 -1.26 0.81 SINCE MAR 1 2.10 4.25 -2.15 4.39 SINCE JAN 1 7.11 6.11 1.00 7.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1955 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.1 2.5 -2.4 T SINCE JUL 1 7.3 16.3 -9.0 15.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 0 MONTH TO DATE 117 220 -103 185 SINCE MAR 1 686 814 -128 642 SINCE JUL 1 3919 4589 -670 4264 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 2 MONTH TO DATE 15 8 7 18 SINCE MAR 1 15 10 5 25 SINCE JAN 1 15 10 5 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 21.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 93 1961 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$