000 CDUS43 KICT 160653 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 153 AM CDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 84 316 PM 89 1950 71 13 66 MINIMUM 48 625 AM 33 1974 47 1 44 AVERAGE 66 59 7 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.30 1916 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.76 1.27 -0.51 1.90 SINCE SEP 1 1.38 4.23 -2.85 2.45 SINCE JAN 1 34.71 26.03 8.68 33.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 7 -7 10 MONTH TO DATE 59 74 -15 76 SINCE SEP 1 73 123 -50 76 SINCE JUL 1 73 123 -50 76 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 47 31 16 12 SINCE SEP 1 352 252 100 303 SINCE JAN 1 1826 1653 173 1528 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 89 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2005.......SUNRISE 739 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2005.......SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$