713 CDUS43 KICT 090646 CLIICT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 144 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014 ................................... ...THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 440 PM 80 1977 55 -12 62 MINIMUM 25 1153 PM 0 1967 33 -8 45 AVERAGE 34 44 -10 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.23 1973 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.22 0.58 -0.36 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 0.22 0.58 -0.36 0.04 SINCE JAN 1 1.21 2.59 -1.38 3.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.4 1958 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.2 0.7 2.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 3.2 0.7 2.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 22.7 13.1 9.6 24.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 21 10 11 MONTH TO DATE 302 177 125 207 SINCE MAR 1 302 177 125 207 SINCE JUL 1 4221 3817 404 3478 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LT FREEZING RAIN LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 1200 AM LOWEST 36 600 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WICHITA MID CONTINENT KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 81 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 3 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2014.........SUNRISE 750 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT MARCH 10 2014.........SUNRISE 748 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$