000 CDUS43 KICT 080701 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1259 AM CST THU DEC 8 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 7 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 14 1248 AM 75 1966 45 -31 57 MINIMUM 5 1159 PM 0 1917 26 -21 32 AVERAGE 10 36 -26 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.83 1980 0.05 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.35 -0.30 0.30 SINCE DEC 1 0.05 0.35 -0.30 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 36.18 29.38 6.80 37.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.0 5.0 1892 0.1 1.9 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.0 0.7 1.3 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 2.0 0.7 1.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 2.4 -0.4 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 55 29 26 20 MONTH TO DATE 287 195 92 176 SINCE DEC 1 287 195 92 176 SINCE JUL 1 1024 1099 -75 861 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1100 PM LOWEST 55 1200 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 69 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -5 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 8 2005......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST DECEMBER 9 2005......SUNRISE 733 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. $$