000 CDUS43 KICT 100703 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 103 AM CST SAT DEC 10 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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 32 356 PM 67 1947 45 -13 62 MINIMUM 2 642 AM -4 1919 26 -24 28 AVERAGE 17 35 -18 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.05 1999 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.45 -0.40 0.30 SINCE DEC 1 0.05 0.45 -0.40 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 36.18 29.48 6.70 37.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.4 1947 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.0 0.9 1.1 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 2.0 0.9 1.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.0 2.6 -0.6 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 48 29 19 20 MONTH TO DATE 392 253 139 217 SINCE DEC 1 392 253 139 217 SINCE JUL 1 1129 1157 -28 902 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 87 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 72 1890 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -3 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 734 AM CST SUNSET 511 PM CST DECEMBER 11 2005......SUNRISE 735 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. $$