000 CDUS44 KOUN 180652 CLISPS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 147 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ................................... ...THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 107 239 PM 110 1943 96 11 96 MINIMUM 72 617 AM 59 1991 71 1 73 AVERAGE 90 84 6 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.08 2001 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 1.14 -0.97 7.34 SINCE JAN 1 8.42 17.92 -9.50 20.24 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 25 19 6 20 MONTH TO DATE 450 334 116 302 SINCE JUN 1 1723 1400 323 1383 SINCE JAN 1 2322 1707 615 1702 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 400 AM LOWEST 21 600 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE WICHITA FALLS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 96 106 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 61 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2006........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2006........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$