000 CDUS43 KICT 300645 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1245 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 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 64 115 PM 66 1984 40 24 61 MINIMUM 27 803 AM -9 1983 21 6 25 AVERAGE 46 31 15 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.31 1891 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.59 1.29 -0.70 0.30 SINCE DEC 1 0.59 1.29 -0.70 0.30 SINCE JAN 1 36.72 30.32 6.40 37.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1995 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.6 3.0 4.6 T SINCE DEC 1 7.6 3.0 4.6 T SINCE JUL 1 7.6 4.7 2.9 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 34 -15 22 MONTH TO DATE 949 896 53 810 SINCE DEC 1 949 896 53 810 SINCE JUL 1 1686 1800 -114 1495 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 S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 48 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 AM LOWEST 27 400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 70 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -10 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 30 2005......SUNRISE 744 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 745 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$