000 CDUS43 KICT 230811 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 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 88 255 PM 95 1956 78 10 89 MINIMUM 71 612 AM 38 1931 56 15 69 AVERAGE 80 67 13 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 1938 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.82 -1.95 3.41 SINCE MAR 1 3.72 8.10 -4.38 10.40 SINCE JAN 1 8.73 9.96 -1.23 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 79 1 72 SINCE MAR 1 906 975 -69 786 SINCE JUL 1 4139 4750 -611 4408 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 4 11 14 MONTH TO DATE 119 45 74 139 SINCE MAR 1 144 66 78 166 SINCE JAN 1 144 66 78 166 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 94 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 100 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 40 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$