000 CDUS44 KOUN 030631 CLISPS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1230 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 1152 AM 92 1974 63 11 55 MINIMUM 48 1147 PM 10 1980 37 11 35 AVERAGE 61 50 11 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.01 1952 0.07 -0.07 0.03 MONTH TO DATE T 0.14 -0.14 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 0.80 2.84 -2.04 3.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 5.1 -5.1 1.3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 15 -11 20 MONTH TO DATE 4 31 -27 43 SINCE MAR 1 4 31 -27 43 SINCE JUL 1 1944 2538 -594 2098 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 0 13 0 SINCE MAR 1 13 0 13 0 SINCE JAN 1 17 2 15 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 49 1100 PM LOWEST 18 300 PM AVERAGE 34 .......................................................... THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 9 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2006.........SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 632 PM CST MARCH 4 2006.........SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 633 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$