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CXUS53 KICT 020400
CLMSLN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
944 PM CST SUN NOV 1 2009
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..THE SALINA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 100 10/03/1954
LOW 14 10/31/1993
HIGHEST 75 10/20 100 -25 83 10/04
LOWEST 31 10/27 14 17 26 10/28
10/24
10/10
AVG. MAXIMUM 58.6 69.9 -11.3 68.7
AVG. MINIMUM 39.9 45.9 -6.0 45.5
MEAN 49.2 57.9 -8.7 57.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.8 -0.8 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 3 2.3 0.7 4
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM MM MM
MINIMUM MM MM
TOTALS 3.40 2.55 0.85 3.92
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.08 0.03 0.13
DAYS >= .01 16 MM MM 10
DAYS >= .10 6 MM MM 6
DAYS >= .50 2 MM MM 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 MM MM 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.57 10/28 TO 10/29
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 480 238 242 274
SINCE 7/1 537 282 255 316
COOLING TOTAL 1 17 -16 36
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/310 DATE 10/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/310 DATE 10/02
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..OCTOBER CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS FOR WICHITA...SALINA AND CHANUTE
OCTOBER 2009 AT WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT WENT DOWN IN THE
RECORD BOOKS AS THE 2ND COOLEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN
1888...BEATING OUT 1917 WHEN THE AVERAGE OCTOBER TEMPERATURE WAS
51.9 DEGREES...BUT STILL LAGGING BEHIND THE COLDEST OCTOBER ON
RECORD OF 49.0 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1925. A STAGGERING 25 OF 31 DAYS
RECORDED BELOW NORMAL READINGS...WITH 13 OF THOSE DAYS AT LEAST 10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WICHITA EXPERIENCED RECORD LOWS ON THE 3RD AND
11TH WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 37 AND 34
DEGREES...RESPECTIVELY. ADDITIONALLY...RECORD COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE SET ON THE 10TH AND 11TH WITH READINGS OF 42 AND 45
DEGREES...RESPECTIVELY.
OCTOBER 2009 AT THE SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ALSO WENT DOWN IN THE
RECORD BOOKS AS THE 2ND COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...BEATING OUT 1917
WHEN THE AVERAGE OCTOBER TEMPERATURE WAS 50.9 DEGREES...BUT STILL
LAGGING BEHIND THE COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD OF 47.9 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 1925. A STAGGERING 25 OF 31 DAYS RECORDED BELOW NORMAL
READINGS...WITH 14 OF THOSE DAYS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
SALINA EXPERIENCED RECORD COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE
10TH...11TH...13TH AND 14TH WITH READINGS OF 38...40...46 AND 44
DEGREES...RESPECTIVELY.
OCTOBER 2009 AT THE CHANUTE MARTIN-JOHNSON AIRPORT WENT DOWN IN THE
RECORD BOOKS AS THE COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...BEATING OUT BOTH
1925 AND 1976 WHEN THE AVERAGE OCTOBER TEMPERATURE WAS 52.2 DEGREES.
A STAGGERING 25 OF 31 DAYS RECORDED BELOW NORMAL READINGS...WITH 11
OF THOSE DAYS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. CHANUTE EXPERIENCED
RECORD COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE 11TH AND 14TH WITH READINGS OF
49 AND 48 DEGREES...RESPECTIVELY.
OCTOBER PRECIPITATION AT WICHITA MID-CONTINENT TALLIED 3.82
INCHES...1.37 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS THE 25TH
WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD OCCURRED IN
1998...WHEN 9.42 INCHES DELUGED THE AIR CAPITOL. NEARLY 6 INCHES OF
THAT AMOUNT OCCURRED ON HALLOWEEN.
OCTOBER PRECIPITATION AT SALINA TALLIED 3.40 INCHES...0.85 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS THE 16TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON
RECORD...ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT AS THERE
ARE SEVERAL LARGE GAPS OF MISSING DATA SINCE 1949 WITHIN THE SALINA
RAINFALL DATABASE. THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD OCCURRED IN
1979...WHEN 6.77 INCHES FELL ON THE CITY. HOWEVER...KEEP IN MIND THE
CAVEAT STATED IN THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE.
OCTOBER PRECIPITATION AT CHANUTE TALLIED 7.29 INCHES (OF WHICH 3.52
INCHES OCCURRED ON THE 8TH)...A HEFTY 3.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THE MONTH. THIS WAS THE 7TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...DISPLACING
OCTOBER 1959 INTO THE 8TH SPOT...WHEN 7.25 INCHES DOUSED THE CITY.
THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1986...WHEN AN ASTOUNDING
12.02 INCHES FELL ON THE CITY. EIGHT INCHES OF THIS AMOUNT OCCURRED
BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD DAY OF THE MONTH. INCIDENTALLY...2009 WAS
THE WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE 1986 FOR CHANUTE. HOWEVER...IT SHOULD BE
NOTED THAT...LIKE THE SALINA RAINFALL RECORD...THERE ARE SOME GAPS
OF MISSING DATA WITHIN THE CHANUTE RAINFALL DATABASE...ESPECIALLY
WELL BEFORE 1950...AS WELL AS DURING THE LATE 1990S.
AS ONE WOULD EXPECT...THE COOLER THAN NORMAL WEATHER PATTERN DID NOT
PROVE CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
CENTRAL...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR A VAST MAJORITY OF
THE MONTH. HOWEVER...A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE PLAINS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON THE 7TH
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ON THE 8TH...PRODUCING MINOR TO MODERATE
AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING. THE ONLY HAIL...WIND...OR TORNADO REPORT
OF THE MONTH WAS RECEIVED DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS OF THE
16TH...WHEN DIME SIZE HAIL OCCURRED ABOUT 1 MILE WEST TO NORTHWEST
OF HUTCHINSON...DUE TO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD DEVELOPED
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.
ADK
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