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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
128 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2005

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         69    338 PM  92    1966  75     -6       70       
  MINIMUM         46    453 AM  33    1907  54     -8       43       
  AVERAGE         58                        65     -7       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.81 1900   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      1.84  -0.97     3.33    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.72                      7.12  -3.40    10.32    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.73                      8.98  -0.25    13.46    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0       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        7                         3      4        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   78                        64     14       72       
  SINCE MAR 1    904                       960    -56      786       
  SINCE JUL 1   4137                      4735   -598     4408       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   46                        22     24       61       
  SINCE MAR 1     71                        43     28       88       
  SINCE JAN 1     71                        43     28       88       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        91      2001                    
                                             1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        36      1890                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   833 PM CDT   
MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE   618 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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