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CDUS43 KICT 050638
CLIICT

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
137 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         87    226 PM  95    1954  76     11       77       
  MINIMUM         71    713 AM  35    1999  52     19       57       
  AVERAGE         79                        64     15       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.37 1954   0.09  -0.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.36  -0.05      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.93                      3.32  -2.39     0.55    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.26                     25.12   9.14    31.54    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        15    -15       16       
  SINCE SEP 1     14                        64    -50       16       
  SINCE JUL 1     14                        64    -50       16       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         3     11        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   45                        12     33        2       
  SINCE SEP 1    350                       233    117      293       
  SINCE JAN 1   1824                      1634    190     1518       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  86 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        95      1947                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        36      1991                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   706 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   705 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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