000 CDUS44 KOUN 010638 CLISPS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1227 AM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 86 431 PM 99 1974 71 15 74 MINIMUM 53 655 AM 27 1926 45 8 44 AVERAGE 70 58 12 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.75 1916 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.74 2.27 0.47 0.41 SINCE JAN 1 3.54 4.97 -1.43 4.17 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 0 8 -8 6 MONTH TO DATE 238 354 -116 334 SINCE MAR 1 238 354 -116 334 SINCE JUL 1 2178 2861 -683 2389 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 1 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 63 19 44 5 SINCE MAR 1 63 19 44 5 SINCE JAN 1 67 21 46 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 15 500 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 95 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2006.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 655 PM CST APRIL 2 2006.........SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$