000 CDUS43 KICT 220651 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 150 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 98 355 PM 99 1925 78 20 87 MINIMUM 65 605 AM 36 1967 56 9 70 AVERAGE 82 67 15 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.05 1891 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.68 -1.81 3.41 SINCE MAR 1 3.72 7.96 -4.24 10.40 SINCE JAN 1 8.73 9.82 -1.09 13.54 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 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 80 77 3 72 SINCE MAR 1 906 973 -67 786 SINCE JUL 1 4139 4748 -609 4408 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 4 13 14 MONTH TO DATE 104 41 63 125 SINCE MAR 1 129 62 67 152 SINCE JAN 1 129 62 67 152 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 22 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 95 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2005...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ES