000 CDUS43 KICT 240659 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1259 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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 54 936 PM 67 1893 41 13 20 MINIMUM 30 753 AM -15 1989 22 8 10 AVERAGE 42 32 10 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.44 1918 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.59 1.05 -0.46 0.30 SINCE DEC 1 0.59 1.05 -0.46 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 36.72 30.08 6.64 37.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.0 1918 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 7.6 2.3 5.3 T SINCE DEC 1 7.6 2.3 5.3 T SINCE JUL 1 7.6 4.0 3.6 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 33 -10 50 MONTH TO DATE 837 694 143 640 SINCE DEC 1 837 694 143 640 SINCE JUL 1 1574 1598 -24 1325 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 26 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 AM LOWEST 59 900 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 83 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -10 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2005......SUNRISE 742 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST DECEMBER 25 2005......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$