000 CDUS43 KICT 270642 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 141 AM CDT WED APR 27 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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 63 1256 PM 93 1989 70 -7 71 MINIMUM 35 311 AM 31 1907 47 -12 47 AVERAGE 49 58 -9 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.88 1969 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 2.17 -1.57 3.15 SINCE MAR 1 2.42 4.88 -2.46 6.73 SINCE JAN 1 7.43 6.74 0.69 9.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1931 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 T 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 16 7 9 6 MONTH TO DATE 190 276 -86 236 SINCE MAR 1 759 870 -111 693 SINCE JUL 1 3992 4645 -653 4315 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 15 10 18 SINCE MAR 1 25 17 8 25 SINCE JAN 1 25 17 8 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 91 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 30 600 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 94 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 31 1995 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$