000 CDUS43 KICT 250641 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 138 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 77 442 PM 97 1967 79 -2 95 MINIMUM 65 1115 PM 41 1924 57 8 64 AVERAGE 71 68 3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.62 3.19 1891 0.15 0.47 0.14 MONTH TO DATE 1.50 3.11 -1.61 3.55 SINCE MAR 1 4.35 8.39 -4.04 10.54 SINCE JAN 1 9.36 10.25 -0.89 13.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2004 0.0 0.0 T 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 80 82 -2 72 SINCE MAR 1 906 978 -72 786 SINCE JUL 1 4139 4753 -614 4408 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 4 2 15 MONTH TO DATE 137 53 84 164 SINCE MAR 1 162 74 88 191 SINCE JAN 1 162 74 88 191 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 52 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 54 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 60 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 100 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 42 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT MAY 26 2005...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$