000 CDUS44 KOUN 180633 CLISPS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1233 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 62 228 PM 93 1989 68 -6 64 MINIMUM 40 317 AM 23 1960 41 -1 31 AVERAGE 51 55 -4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.40 0.92 1905 0.07 0.33 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.64 1.19 -0.55 0.17 SINCE JAN 1 1.44 3.89 -2.45 3.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 5.5 -5.5 1.3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 11 3 17 MONTH TO DATE 72 226 -154 222 SINCE MAR 1 72 226 -154 222 SINCE JUL 1 2012 2733 -721 2277 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 47 5 42 4 SINCE MAR 1 47 5 42 4 SINCE JAN 1 51 7 44 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 PM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 95 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2006.........SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 644 PM CST MARCH 19 2006.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 645 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ BURKE