000 CDUS43 KICT 300634 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 49 355 PM 96 1910 71 -22 71 MINIMUM 38 1154 PM 30 1903 48 -10 52 AVERAGE 44 59 -15 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.69 1924 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.03 2.47 -1.44 3.15 SINCE MAR 1 2.85 5.18 -2.33 6.73 SINCE JAN 1 7.86 7.04 0.82 9.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1937 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 21 6 15 3 MONTH TO DATE 240 296 -56 242 SINCE MAR 1 809 890 -81 699 SINCE JUL 1 4042 4665 -623 4321 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 18 7 20 SINCE MAR 1 25 20 5 27 SINCE JAN 1 25 20 5 27 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 10 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 600 AM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 1 2005...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$