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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS                                  
134 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2005

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...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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         72    339 PM  83    1938  64      8       79       
  MINIMUM         41    410 AM  19    1925  42     -1       65       
  AVERAGE         57                        53      4       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.22 1900   0.07  -0.07     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.40                      2.24  -0.84     3.40    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.02                      5.20  -3.18     3.95    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.35                     27.00   8.35    34.94    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.6  1905   T      0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                        12     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       197     -9      133       
  SINCE SEP 1    202                       246    -44      133       
  SINCE JUL 1    202                       246    -44      133       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   64                        35     29       29       
  SINCE SEP 1    369                       256    113      320       
  SINCE JAN 1   1843                      1657    186     1545       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.8                                         
                                                                     
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    76           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        19      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 29 2005.......SUNRISE   752 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 30 2005.......SUNRISE   653 AM CST   SUNSET   533 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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