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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
132 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2005

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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         83    507 PM 105    1943  90     -7       88       
  MINIMUM         68    555 AM  48    1891  67      1       68       
  AVERAGE         76                        79     -3       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.96          3.10 1960   0.10   1.86     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.30                      2.14   6.16     2.17    
  SINCE JUN 1     19.95                      9.70  10.25    17.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.67                     21.00   8.67    30.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      T                         0.0    0.0       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         5     -5        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        14     -3       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  323                       354    -31      219       
  SINCE JUN 1   1178                      1187     -9      874       
  SINCE JAN 1   1367                      1301     66     1117       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  54 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   90       104      2000                    
                                             1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        47      1891                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 24 2005........SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 PM CDT   
AUGUST 25 2005........SUNRISE   654 AM CDT   SUNSET   809 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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