000 CDUS43 KICT 280640 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27 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 58 404 PM 68 1946 40 18 57 MINIMUM 31 811 AM -3 1924 21 10 35 AVERAGE 45 31 14 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.07 1942 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.59 1.21 -0.62 0.30 SINCE DEC 1 0.59 1.21 -0.62 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 36.72 30.24 6.48 37.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.6 1943 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.6 2.7 4.9 T SINCE DEC 1 7.6 2.7 4.9 T SINCE JUL 1 7.6 4.4 3.2 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 34 -14 19 MONTH TO DATE 912 828 84 768 SINCE DEC 1 912 828 84 768 SINCE JUL 1 1649 1732 -83 1453 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 40 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 71 1889 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -10 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 28 2005......SUNRISE 744 AM CST SUNSET 519 PM CST DECEMBER 29 2005......SUNRISE 744 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$