000 CDUS43 KICT 070641 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1241 AM CST WED DEC 7 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 24 306 PM 74 1893 46 -22 49 MINIMUM 9 754 AM -1 1950 26 -17 37 AVERAGE 17 36 -19 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.65 1974 0.05 -0.05 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.30 -0.30 0.30 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.30 -0.30 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 36.13 29.33 6.80 37.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.8 1909 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.3 -2.3 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 48 28 20 22 MONTH TO DATE 232 166 66 156 SINCE DEC 1 232 166 66 156 SINCE JUL 1 969 1070 -101 841 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1845 1658 187 1548 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 82 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 600 AM LOWEST 39 400 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 75 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 0 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2005......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST DECEMBER 8 2005......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$